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"Here, in this over-privileged country, are
children so over-scheduled that they hardly know what it is to daydream,
so institutionalized that they rarely know the contentment of
surrendering to the arms of someone they can depend upon absolutely --
for whom nothing is more important than giving them the love they need."
-- Anne R. Pierce
Do you feel sometimes like you have to be a super-parent? So often we
feel pressure to prove we’re good parents by bringing home-decorated
cupcakes to the class party, having a perfectly organized house, or
rushing to get an impressive dinner on the table every night. These may
be rewarding tasks, but they have nothing to do with parenting, since
your kids would rather have scrambled eggs and raw carrots for dinner if
that kept you in a better mood. But even if we rise above that
pressure, there isn’t a parent alive who hasn’t felt the urge to enroll
her kid in one more activity "to help him develop his potential." READ POST
"Parents often fail to realize the importance of playing with children of
all ages. Some new research, for example, by Anthony Pellegrini,
suggests that boys who engage in playful rough and tumble wrestling with
their dads have more positive social skills than boys who don't. I
always recommend what I call PlayTime, which is one-on-one time between a
parent and a child where the child is completely in charge of what they
do, and the parent gets down on the floor and gives their undivided,
enthusiastic attention (no phone calls or dinner preparations or paying
the bills)." -- Lawrence Cohen,
Playful
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"No amount of 'parenting skills' can make up for the lack of a close parent-child relationship. Kids accept our guidance because of who we are to them. Without that relationship, it’s very hard to parent. A close bond not only makes our kids want to please us, it gives us access to our natural parenting know-how. Welcome to the work of parenting. But it's where the rewards are, too." -- Dr. Laura Markham READ POST
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