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Parents Who Think Too Much - Why We Do It, How to Stop It (Paperback)
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Parents Who Think Too Much - Why We Do It, How to Stop It (Paperback)
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Loot Price R463
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With the baby boom generation came the genre of parenting books
that told parents how to teach their kids everything from toilet
training to developing self-esteem. Generally the message has been:
go easy on your child, but hard on yourself. It is starting to
become apparent, especially in the best of families, that giving
your kids lots of choices, validating their feelings at great peril
to your own and providing "enough" individual attention for each
child is creating a generation of kids over whom we have no
control.
Cassidy argues that this comes from over-thinking our role as
parents. We've pondered every step so much that the juice, the joy,
and worst of all, our confidence is gone. The reasons are clear: We
have fewer children later in life so we've had more time to ponder.
We've grown up just as research on infant and child development has
come of age, so there's no shortage of material to think about. As
a generation we've prided ourselves on self-improvement and we
bring the same zeal to child improvement. We're less likely to live
close to our families, and so are more likely to seek out expert
solutions.
To counter this thinking, Cassidy will suggest keeping the big
picture in mind--what kind of people do you really want your kids
to be? Honest, kind, cooperative, empathetic? It may mean losing
sight of whether enough play dates are scheduled for the week and
if you've positively reinforced the latest creative endeavor, but
it will bring back your instincts about what is important to your
family as a whole, and to your kids to become decent people.
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