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fromwww.theguardian.com
9 hours agoA moment that changed me: I was wary of men then I found out I was having a baby boy
When I found out my baby was a boy, I had a certain amount of trepidation. It wasn't that I'd wanted a girl. Having lost a previous pregnancy, all I wanted was a healthy baby.
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fromPsychology Today
1 day agoControl Versus Connection in Parenting and Teaching
Control in parenting can undermine children's sense of self and internal compass, leading to negative mental health outcomes.
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fromScary Mommy
1 day agoStop Apologizing For Your Kid's Personality
Good parents often apologize for their child's vibrant personality due to societal pressures, despite wanting to celebrate their uniqueness.
#anxiety
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fromSilicon Canals
1 week agoMillennial parents have access to more parenting research than any previous generation in history and are also reporting the highest levels of parental anxiety on record, and the connection between those two facts is something behavioral scientists are still trying to fully describe - but it has something to do with the difference between knowledge and certainty - Silicon Canals
Modern parenting is defined by information overload, leading to increased anxiety and uncertainty among millennial parents.
#family-dynamics
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fromSlate Magazine
5 days agoMy In-Laws Watched Our Kids While We Were Away. What They Let Them Do at the Beach Was a Breach of Our Trust.
In-laws took kids parasailing without permission, causing conflict between parents over safety and judgment.
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fromSlate Magazine
5 days agoMy Kid Is Now Banned From All Family Functions Until Further Notice. He Doesn't Deserve This!
Family members overreacted by banning a 5-year-old from events after an accident at a wedding.
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fromSlate Magazine
1 week agoWe Thought the Grandparents Approved of Our Plans for After the Baby's Arrival. Then I Learned What My Mom Really Thinks.
New parents should prioritize their needs and set boundaries regarding family visits after the baby's birth.
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fromSilicon Canals
6 days agoWhen boomers insist we're the toughest generation, we're not bragging or punching down at our kids, we're quietly defending a childhood where nobody asked how we felt, nobody intervened, and being okay was the only option available - Silicon Canals
Growing up tough meant handling challenges without emotional support or safety nets, fostering resilience and self-reliance.
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fromSilicon Canals
1 week agoI'm 66 and I have noticed that when my adult children visit, they are constantly half-present - answering texts, glancing at phones, taking calls in the other room - and I have stopped pretending it doesn't hurt, because I understand that I am no longer the most pressing thing in their day, and I have become the background of a visit they are technically performing while their actual attention is elsewhere - Silicon Canals
The real issue is not phone usage, but the diminished priority and presence of children during visits.
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fromSilicon Canals
6 days agoThe boomer generation wasn't raised by permissive parents - they were raised by exhausted ones, and what looked like freedom was mostly just the absence of supervision, which produced independence and loneliness in equal measure - Silicon Canals
Baby Boomers' upbringing was shaped by their parents' exhaustion from war and economic struggles, not by permissive parenting.
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fromSilicon Canals
1 week agoI'm 66 and last week I told my son I was proud of him. The way he went quiet taught me that grown children still need to hear the words we assume they already know - Silicon Canals
Expressing pride can have a profound impact on relationships, even when it seems obvious.
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fromwww.businessinsider.com
1 week agoI ran a life skills camp for middle school kids. They learned to do laundry, cook dinner, and navigate Chicago without phones.
Kristin Howard founded 'Going Up,' a camp teaching life skills to middle schoolers, emphasizing childhood independence and resilience in 2024.
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fromSilicon Canals
1 week agoThere's a specific kind of adult who can't enjoy a gift without immediately calculating what it cost the giver, and it isn't thoughtfulness, it's a residual scan from a childhood where everything received was followed by a reminder of the sacrifice it required - Silicon Canals
Receiving gifts can trigger guilt and anxiety due to past experiences of associating gifts with hidden costs.
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fromIndependent
1 week agoMichael Houghton: 'My son hasn't quite realised that the 500 or so he might receive for his first communion represents only a fraction of what the day will cost us'
A child's first holy communion is celebrated with excitement, primarily driven by the anticipation of monetary gifts.
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