Comments | princess_muffin: Focus on: Parenting

princess_muffin

Focus on: Parenting

Nov 29, 2009 19:34

Submitted for consideration, from a friend's note on Facebook, Helicopter Parents and the Rising Counter CultureParenting is perhaps the most sacred duty any human being can take upon themselves. When producing a new human life into this world or assuming full responsibility for one, the stakes are about as high as they can get. Yet at times the ( Read more... )

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mizdarkgirl November 30 2009, 00:36:15 UTC

I sent this to my brother the teacher a few days ago!

gunthersdncemix November 30 2009, 01:37:11 UTC

LOL! I came across this and have been meaning to post it to my childfree filter. I love the picture of the mom wrapping her kid in plastic wrap ( ... )

gunthersdncemix November 30 2009, 01:41:24 UTC

P.S. If you haven't seen the episode of the Simpsons with Homer as a helicopter parent, I recommend it. :)

aneirin_awenyd November 30 2009, 13:43:20 UTC

Well...I have a ton of opinions (and experience, I feel justified in saying ( ... )

aneirin_awenyd November 30 2009, 13:43:37 UTC

(continued because I have way too much to say ( ... )

aneirin_awenyd November 30 2009, 13:54:58 UTC

One more thing. The article talks about risk and accidents and protecting kids and so forth. I think it is vitally important to help our kids learn to trust that they can take reasonable risks and they will recover even if the worst thing happens in those scenarios. I also think it's really essential to help them distinguish between risks that are appropriate to take - and how to identify and weigh the consequences for yourself, or get help figuring that out if you need it - and risks that carry unacceptable risk ( ... )

spiritseeker November 30 2009, 16:15:48 UTC

As a child I had many ideas of what I wanted to do as a parent someday. Now that I am a parent I have another perspective, but the core decisions I made so long ago remain the same ( ... )