Ultimately, parents need to PARENT. Parents have lost our confidence that what we deem to be right, is ultimately good for our kids. That’s why we defer to just about everyone else. The culture, the government, the school, social media parenting experts, toy companies, therapists, our peers, our children’s peers, our children, etc. even …
Ultimately, parents need to PARENT. Parents have lost our confidence that what we deem to be right, is ultimately good for our kids. That’s why we defer to just about everyone else. The culture, the government, the school, social media parenting experts, toy companies, therapists, our peers, our children’s peers, our children, etc. even if that child is just turning 2. We don’t ever want to be accused of being bad parents or authoritarians, or earn our children’s anger. And that’s why it’s so hard to put down our foot and say, no, you’re not going to have a smartphone or access to social media until you turn X age, simple as that. And enforce consequences for any attempts to flout this rule.
Ultimately, parents need to PARENT. Parents have lost our confidence that what we deem to be right, is ultimately good for our kids. That’s why we defer to just about everyone else. The culture, the government, the school, social media parenting experts, toy companies, therapists, our peers, our children’s peers, our children, etc. even if that child is just turning 2. We don’t ever want to be accused of being bad parents or authoritarians, or earn our children’s anger. And that’s why it’s so hard to put down our foot and say, no, you’re not going to have a smartphone or access to social media until you turn X age, simple as that. And enforce consequences for any attempts to flout this rule.