DailyDirt: Good Parenting
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Raising kids isn’t easy. Most parents want their kids to be successful, self-motivated, socially well-adjusted, smart, funny, artistic, good at sports, etc, etc…. But these kinds of parental requirements are enough to drive anyone a bit crazy — and it’s a bit unrealistic to think that parents have that much control over the personality and success of their kids. Still, parents want to try to provide the best opportunities for their children, but before parents out there try out the Tiger Mom method, check out a few of these links.
- Psychologists have found that praising kids by saying, “you worked so hard on that” instead of “you’re so good at that” makes for more self-motivated kids when they grow up. The researchers studied kids 1-3yo and followed up with the same kids when they were 7-8yo, and the kids who were encouraged for their efforts were more likely to tackle challenges and believe that their personal abilities could change and be developed. [url]
- A study of ‘Tiger Mom’ parenting suggests that the kids of these parents get lower grades and feel more alienated from their parents. Being a supportive parent seems to produce kids that are high achievers and at low risk for depression, but there are more than just a handful of parenting styles (eg. Permissive, Authoritative, Authoritarian, Negligent…), and the outcomes are not always well defined. [url]
- Overparenting is a popular parenting style that’s based on the good intentions of parents not wanting to see their kids unhappy. But with parenting, “if you can’t stand to see your child unhappy, you are in the wrong business.” [url]
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Filed Under: children, education, motivation, overparenting, parenting, praise, tiger mom
Comments on “DailyDirt: Good Parenting”
Might I suggest...
The works of John Cheese, who, incidentally, posted a Cracked.com article today about parenting.
http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-ways-parenting-turns-you-into-dumbass/
The guy speaks from life lessons, and, really, I think that most of his articles SHOULD be things that everyone should read at least once or twice.
Hell, give ’em to High School students to read, they might learn a thing or three…
Not to mention the teachers.
Re: Might I suggest...
…and, really, I think that most of his articles SHOULD be things that everyone should read at least once or twice.
Any good ones to start with? It appears that this guy has quite a few articles and columns on Cracked.
thats been the problem with the people of the world. people exposing their kids brains to all the wrong things from day one… the things that a brain is exposed to are all it has in it’s disposal. that’s why the seeds of deception are planted in the fresh soil of their minds from the very beginning.
sorry, I’ll stop now. I’m kinda wasted at the moment so…
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The problem is not exposure is how you deal with it.
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point taken… agreed.