But when it comes to parenting culture, I still struggle to accept the lack of freedom we give our children, perhaps because it’s the very thing we say our country stands for.
Just so.
I know we boomers all walked to school or rode the bus independently or whatever. Now we keep our kids from experiencing that independence and the responsibility it builds.
I do acknowledge that places like Chicago are not the same as in the 60’s-80’s but still...we coddle children until they become the selfish whiney and obnoxious little demons we abhor.
“Now we keep our kids from experiencing that independence and the responsibility it builds.”
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We expected our kids to help out with some of the daily chores around the house, which is the way we were raised. Other parents in the neighborhood who coddled and spoiled their children to no end couldn’t understand the concept of building responsibility in children.