"Gentle parenting, but in its proper form. It should be, 'I know you are mad that we have to leave the park now, but we are still leaving in 5 minutes to go home for dinner; you can do the slide one more time.' It's not just giving in to doing whatever a kid wants to do. It's valid that the kid is mad, the emotion makes sense, you give a small compromise if acceptable but still set the boundary and stick with it! Kids need to hear no."
"Denying your kid any negative experiences or emotions. This does not work in the long run. Emotions are a normal part of being a person. Teach them to handle negative emotions before you send them out into a world they are unprepared to handle."
"Making your child terrified to fail. I remember constantly being told that if I ever got a 'C' or below on something as minor as a pop quiz, I would be 'flipping burgers for a living.' I was so unmotivated to try by the time high school came because it had been drilled into me that I was destined to be a loser."
"I'm a nanny and work in daycare. For me, one issue is late potty training. Waiting to potty train a child is more and more common. Which I generally agree with. Wait until they're two and a half or three and knock it out. Some take longer; some are probably ready earlier. It's better than rushing it and causing issues. But this has turned into not potty training at all."
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