My mother told me to raise my kids with calculated neglect. They get their self-worth from doing what they can do and not having everything done for them.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
When I was a young boy, very young boy, mothers didn't work. Women were home, they took care of the house, they washed the dishes and took care of the children. That's what they did, and that's what my mother did.
I've seen my own kids go through their own ups and downs, and as a mother, you want to make it better.
When I was a kid, my mother's parenting style teetered between benign neglect and intense bouts of violence.
I am a responsible parent and have always provided for my children. That fact cannot be disputed. I have made mistakes in my life, but failing to care for my children is not one of them.
My mom was essentially a single mother raising three boys. If anyone could have had any reason to give up, it was her. But she didn't, and neither did we.
Raising children uses every bit of your being - your heart, your time, your patience, your foresight, your intuition to protect them, and you have to use all of this while trying to figure out how to discipline them.
My mother would do anything for her children. And that's how I am too.
Kids who don't have moms suffer a lifetime.
There are a lot of sacrifices a mother makes when she's raising a child by herself. I saw it when I was growing up, watching all my mother did for me. But it wasn't until recently that I fully understood the price she paid because of how we had to struggle.
I've decided the secret of parenting is benevolent neglect.