More and more, society is shunning and rejecting any attempt by a parent to doctrine, structure, and discipline children. Of course, everyone must mature and understand life for one's self. Nonetheless, the more wisdom we can instil in our children, the quicker they will mature and understand life. The greater chance they will have of making better decisions in life.
Do you agree?
2006-08-18 15:08:47 · 7 answers · asked by man_id_unknown 4 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
Yes, I agree. However, I think the best way for a child to gain maturity and an understanding of life is not so much wisdom as responsibility and actual living. So many kids now have very little quality interaction with their parents who are stressed out with the running around from work to the store to pick up kids to dinner to bed time to housework, to..... Kids watch a TON of TV and have very little responsibilities. No work ethic. They are given cell phones, nice clothes, cars, parents pay for much and don't require much in return. The irresponsibility is seen in so many teens having sex like they are adults. I read a response from a new 16 yr old mom living with her boyfriend and his roommates. She was complaining that no one was helping her and she was exhausted. She made the quote "I am just as mature as a 30 year old woman". Bullshit. I was 16, and I'm almost 30. There is a HUGE difference.
Being accountable, having discipline and structure, being repsonsible, and having more direct parental involvement is the answer, like you said.
Society definitely moves in a 'free of responsibility' direction. I will keep my son from it as much as I can and as long as I can. I don't care if it's not "reality", it's the reality that I want in his head. A moral, responsible, structured one.
He is 2, and already has his own job at our family owned business. We do a lot of sugar limiting in his diet, even though he throws fits. He needs to learn self discipline. I don't give in to his fits so he learns. Structure.
2006-08-18 15:38:59 · answer #1 · answered by Margie 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
What is the basis for the thesis you put forth in your first sentence? You don't give any examples. (By the way, "doctrine" is as yet not a verb. Did you mean "indoctrinate"? Because I definitely don't think that's a healthy thing to do to a child, even if the Taliban might disagree.)
I'm all for instilling wisdom in children. And by the way, I'm all for discipline and structure, within limits (no thrashings!), wisely applied. I think the greatest gift we can give our children (I'm the mother of a 6-year-old son) is to give them the tools that they need to think critically for themselves. That necessarily means giving them the room to make their own judgements and, hence, their own mistakes. You can and should be the one in charge, as a parent, but however much you might want to, you cannot think for any other human being, including a child. My 6-year-old makes plenty of mistakes, but he takes great pride in using what he's learned to make a better decision next time, and in so doing, reinforcing the trust and pride placed in him by his mom and dad.
By the way, what exactly does this have to do with liberalism, or any other political perspective? I know some very progressive parents who are socially conservative, also some political liberals who are very rigid indeed when it comes to parenting.
2006-08-18 15:29:58 · answer #2 · answered by Leslie D 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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2016-10-02 06:37:39 · answer #3 · answered by scillion 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Liberalism incorporates "nanny state" attitudes. There are elements in both the US and UK that believe the state is better at raising children. Yes, it hurts the children when parents are undermined at every turn.
2006-08-18 15:19:42 · answer #4 · answered by WhatAmI? 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
and how does all that you said contradict america's liberalism?
2006-08-18 15:14:09 · answer #5 · answered by D.J. 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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2006-08-18 15:17:20 · answer #6 · answered by Did You SERIOUSLY Just Ask That? 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
que....no comprende?
2006-08-18 15:12:33 · answer #7 · answered by bsktballchik 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋