Memo to parents: Fire all the experts
iFeminists.Com
by Tony Zizza
12/20/06
It seems both children and teenagers are struggling over having to deal with the task of organizing their own schoolwork and work area. Who is to blame? Parents? Of course? Children and teenagers themselves who choose to focus their attention on electronic devices and being lazy? Of course not times two. We are all supposed to turn a blind eye to a stone cold fact. That is, perhaps single parents who want to go it alone, or parents who worship their double income more than anything else, are finding out that parenting actually involves them doing the -- parenting. Here is something that will never change. Children and teenagers need boundaries. They must be accountable for their actions and inactions. Parents must start doing 'the parenting' themselves. Stop overscheduling them. Stop hiring experts outside the family to clean up the mess. This is unbelievable...
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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Tony Zizza
12/20/06
It seems both children and teenagers are struggling over having to deal with the task of organizing their own schoolwork and work area. Who is to blame? Parents? Of course? Children and teenagers themselves who choose to focus their attention on electronic devices and being lazy? Of course not times two. We are all supposed to turn a blind eye to a stone cold fact. That is, perhaps single parents who want to go it alone, or parents who worship their double income more than anything else, are finding out that parenting actually involves them doing the -- parenting. Here is something that will never change. Children and teenagers need boundaries. They must be accountable for their actions and inactions. Parents must start doing 'the parenting' themselves. Stop overscheduling them. Stop hiring experts outside the family to clean up the mess. This is unbelievable...
http://www.ifeminists.net/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.66
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 22. Dez, 16:01
