And on a related topic, I wonder how much of what's going on with "gentle" parents is their own striving played out through their kids? Get into a group of professional class parents and the deeply held desire to get their child into the Ivy league drives all manner of bad behavior. Are kids really improved by being sent on choreographed…
And on a related topic, I wonder how much of what's going on with "gentle" parents is their own striving played out through their kids? Get into a group of professional class parents and the deeply held desire to get their child into the Ivy league drives all manner of bad behavior. Are kids really improved by being sent on choreographed "volunteer missions" or would camping with family be better? Have a kid playing a youth sport that's told by age 12 or 13 they must specialize, focus on one sport only, and play it year-round, and define success as being on the NHL draft track seems a prescription for disappointment, burnout, and neuroticism. But the parents just "want what's best" for their kids. Really?
And on a related topic, I wonder how much of what's going on with "gentle" parents is their own striving played out through their kids? Get into a group of professional class parents and the deeply held desire to get their child into the Ivy league drives all manner of bad behavior. Are kids really improved by being sent on choreographed "volunteer missions" or would camping with family be better? Have a kid playing a youth sport that's told by age 12 or 13 they must specialize, focus on one sport only, and play it year-round, and define success as being on the NHL draft track seems a prescription for disappointment, burnout, and neuroticism. But the parents just "want what's best" for their kids. Really?