Parenting
Almost everything in the world changes over time, many things change for the good as we learn more about how to handle certain things. Many times change is good, as time goes on we tend to improve on many aspects of life as we learn what works and is healthy and what may not be the best practices. Parenting is no different, in many ways the way we in our society look at parenting has improved, we have better practices and overall outcomes, for the most part, that is.
In the article titled "The Collapse of Parenting" by Cathy Gulli, she discusses how parenting has changed in more negative ways. Although parents intentions have greatly improved in recent years, they're slightly misguided. More than ever, parents want to please their children and avoid any conflict when possible, while the intentions may be good, part of parenting is encountering conflict. In order to teach children and raise them to be well adapted, I would even say it's important to encounter conflict, to show children that there are boundaries and consequences for their actions. It's become common in our society that parents will ask their children, instead of telling. When it comes to food parents will ask their children to eat the broccoli and giving no consequences when the child doesn't listen rather than telling them that they must eat and following through on consequences when the child doesn't listen. The latter of the two options may create some conflict but it also teaches children about the consequences of their actions, which is an extremely important lesson for everyone to learn.
Of course, parenting is not a one size fits all situation, all children are different and will require different things from their parents. The complexity of parenting can make it a pretty stressful experience at times and there are some studies that show mothers having significantly higher levels of negative emotions relating to parenting than the fathers. The stresses of parenting can start as soon as you bring an infant home, with many changes that you very quickly have to adapt to.
In the article titled "The Collapse of Parenting" by Cathy Gulli, she discusses how parenting has changed in more negative ways. Although parents intentions have greatly improved in recent years, they're slightly misguided. More than ever, parents want to please their children and avoid any conflict when possible, while the intentions may be good, part of parenting is encountering conflict. In order to teach children and raise them to be well adapted, I would even say it's important to encounter conflict, to show children that there are boundaries and consequences for their actions. It's become common in our society that parents will ask their children, instead of telling. When it comes to food parents will ask their children to eat the broccoli and giving no consequences when the child doesn't listen rather than telling them that they must eat and following through on consequences when the child doesn't listen. The latter of the two options may create some conflict but it also teaches children about the consequences of their actions, which is an extremely important lesson for everyone to learn.
Of course, parenting is not a one size fits all situation, all children are different and will require different things from their parents. The complexity of parenting can make it a pretty stressful experience at times and there are some studies that show mothers having significantly higher levels of negative emotions relating to parenting than the fathers. The stresses of parenting can start as soon as you bring an infant home, with many changes that you very quickly have to adapt to.
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