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American families also stopped ensuring their kids gain critical & logical thinking, is that due to our media dumbing down our baby boomers, along with social media platforms influencing our Gen Ys, Xs, .....? If we don’t reverse this, we are not really free thinkers.
The problem today is that too many kids are not even outside playing, but glued to their phones or other electronic devices from the age of 5. And that is because their parents have used it as a way to keep them busy, instead of showing them what is done in the household daily.
Almost as if you should raise your kid right
Yeah, no shocker that americans are fucking up their kids.
As a retired school teacher, I can tell you, some of us are and some of us aren't.
You are. I'm not.
Not to mention you’re teaching them life skills
If your child offers to help, say yes as long as it is not dangerous. My 6 year old hates to put away her toys but many times offers to jump in and help clean dishes or laundry or cook breakfast, even assemble furniture. It's really rewarding to spend quality time as a team. 😇
I did. I admit. Parenting is fucking hard and is mostly mistakes we try to correct, often too late.
Thinking of this in terms of my classroom. Interesting.
IT is a way of preparing your kid to live a fulfilling life
PattyLehner Kids want to help.. let them
Comparing socal parenting saying 'we do opposite' to an egalitarian culture like the Hadzabe is dumb. They are an egalitarian culture because they are hunter gatherers. As a result, this is the primary ethic in their culture. We have grocery stores/$...we can not undo this
Um. Montessori programs have been saying this for over a hundred years now. Just sayin....
I know of somebody who never let their kids do any chores, instead play video games because it makes them smarter. They got kicked out of college. Now older, dumb and lazy. That’s the new generation for you.
So, if you like having your kids around when you’re cooking, cleaning, shopping, they’ll like it, too? Not a revelation to Americans who live that way. Not an immigrant thing, a priority thing. Our kids were always a part of everything we did. Pass it along; we did.
That’s a great read. I’m 1 of 12. We never called them chores and never got an allowance.
Dope
Good advice. I regret not implementing these strategies when my kids were younger. I was always (often) just so busy. And I regret that.
'So requests like, 'Hold the cup' or 'Bring me the machete,'' she says. I genuinely laughed here 🤣🤣
'In a majority of countries, more than 2 in 3 children are subjected to violent discipline by caregivers.' - UNICEF Let's bear this in mind when pondering positive parenting around the globe.
This is a great article for American parents to read. I feel like American parents worry they are making their children be servants when they ask kids to do small, but meaningful tasks to help -- when, actually, kids *want* to help and be a contributing member of the family.
I have two polite, thoughtful and kind adult nieces who always sent thank you cards for gifts as children. I couldn’t have been more proud than if I had something to do with raising them.
My daughter helps w/out complant if I ask her to, but I have to ask her every time.
Minus the racism and opportunity hoarding Americans pass down to their kids, teach them to clean helps.
This story +1 from the Atlantic about same researcher support the Free-Range Children movement. We learn better and easier from real-life experiences that have a valuable impact. Creating a “childhood” for kids removes their learning from real life.
you don’t research to tell you this just look at republicans in US congress and their voters outside of it
Another example of the power of intrinsic motivation vs. extrinsic motivation. Genuinely wanting to do the thing beats being coerced to do the thing every time
Great article! Thank you for sharing!
But of course. America was founded by a violent, abusive religious sect.
Yep because if you ask nicely rather than demand anyone including children are happy to help!
Congratulations, you invented Montessori!
“Bring me the machete” isn’t a phrase usually found in a parenting article...
StromeStephen They are called 'farm' kids, maybe you NPR folks have heard of them?
love how it boils down to treat them like people let them take part in helping out if they show interest
I’ve observed that young girls are more likely to help than boys (in America...”mommy’s little helper”). I wonder if that observation played out in either the grocery store experiment orobservations of different cultures. (Sounds like it didn’t matter in the indigenous cultures)
The next generation will be worst than the last. These next gen kids won’t be able to wipe there own ass’s.
Great read.
Here's a simple experiment for you, . Learn how to spell 'families''.
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Encouraging our children to help with chores, instead of cajoling them, gives them important skills when they become parents themselves.
Yes, but do those children have 1st world distractions? This needs to be applied to childcare situations then, as well, if true. And in the classroom.
Maybe you are.
Yes
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