When it comes right down to it, developing a critical sensibility about parenting isn't really about disapproval; it's about honing your own sensibilities, figuring out how you want to parent.
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I don't claim to know everything about parenting, but I do know parents do their children a disservice by constantly sugarcoating their shortcomings to protect their feelings.
I'm not a parent, but it seems to me the nature of parenting is contingent, full of unexpected challenges - which is one of the wonderful and amazing things about it.
While having a profound impact on the development of values is surely an important job of a good parent, force-feeding opinions to them is not.
Nobody ever becomes an expert parent. But I think good parenting is about consistency. It's about being there at big moments, but it's also just the consistency of decision making. And it's routine.
Spanking and verbal criticism have become, to many parents, more important tools of child rearing than approval.
Parenting is not for everybody. It changes your life. Especially when they're little.
Being a parent can make you a horrible person at times, because you're pushed to the limit constantly.
Somewhere it is written that parents who are critical of other people's children and publicly admit they can do better are asking for it.
Parenting is not just about you and your kid; it's also about whomever you're parenting your child with. So there is a kind of 'awareness' involved for everybody. It's all about the way you interact with your child and participate in your child's life.
It is the uninvolved parent who has to resort to strictness.