A colleague of mine shared a link on Facebook that was dead on in reflecting the schizophrenia I feel sometimes in raising my kids.
http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=93957764194&h=5Wp56&u=3V2Qh&ref=nf
If you view the comments that follow, a reader comments about a friend of hers who parents with "calculated carelessness". To quote ruralduke: "My friend says that he brings up his children with "caculated carelessness." He explains that he cannot stop them from riding bikes on the street, but that he see to it that the brakes are working properly."
I like this notion. It is a refreshing bit of sense in a parenting world that has many of us constantly questioning ourselves from both ends. Am I too lax? Do I overparent? These questions seem to punctuate nearly every one of my days at some point.
The link also refers to the following blog, which I am intrigued by and plan to start following on a more regular basis:
http://freerangekids.wordpress.com/
Any thoughts out there? What end of the spectrum do you tend to fall on? Or are you, like me, hamstrung right there in the middle, swaying to and fro?
2 comments:
I think I over-parent... I mean every morning I continue to feed Madame, when will she start doing that on her own? She's like 1 1/2 now. Seriously! haha...
In case you don't know "Madame"... her full name is Madame Secretary and she is a cat-dog.
You are definitely overparenting if you are letting her sleep on your head still! I wonder what Dr. Ferber would say about cats?
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