Comments on: Hyper-Parenting: when parents go wild

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By: Dodi

Dodi — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 04:07:44 +0000

Thanks Susan – I agree, free play IS learning… besides, haven’t we forgotten the mantra “the best things in life are free”. Too often I hear parents bemoaning how much they have to spend on their kids for fear of them “missing out” if they don’t. It’s sad that parenting has become synonymous with having money.

To Abby, it sounds like your mum had the right balance; encouraging activity as well as letting you choose 2 extracurricular things to participate in. A good balance.

To Donna… Ah, the joy of grandparents. It’s great that your kids’ grandmother played such an important role in their lives. I was blessed with something of the same situation and it’s always interesting to see what view and position the grandparents will take. Let’s not forget that they have already done this so perhaps we can learn a lesson or two from them!

By: Donna B.

Donna B. — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:36:17 +0000

Got here from Dr. Isis and I have to comment on parents fearing their child will be bored.

My mother was a prominent fixture in my children’s lives and she eliminated the phrase “I’m bored” from their lives very early. Her answer to that was always “Well, nobody is going to be bored around here. Do you want me to find something for you to do, or do you want to find it yourself?”

It didn’t take them long to learn that her choices for them weren’t all that pleasant and definitely not fun.

By: Abby

Abby — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:49:31 +0000

My mom’s rule was: “Swimming lessons are mandatory through all the redcross levels, and you can do two other things.” Those were girl scouts and dance, for me and my sisters, but there were also ours to choose, and if we’d wanted to swap one for a sport or something, it would have been allowed. This also was loosened as we hit junior high and high school; it was really a hard and fast rule up to the age of thirteen or so.

By: Susan

Susan — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:47:57 +0000

Great article! Free play is learning…