Top 10 Boneheaded Parenting Trends From the Left

David Horowitz's NewsReal Blog ^ | September 5, 2010 | SALLY MEININGER AND RHONDA ROBINSON

[Rhonda Robinson]

Parenting is a tough job but a lot of people are doing it. In fact, currently there are 150 million active parents in the United States. The big question these people face is how to do it?

Does that quote strike you as odd?

It was the introduction to an article on parenting trends. Aside from stating the obvious, the opening line puts parenting in the same category as camping, skydiving or canoeing–just another interesting and popular hobby.

Assuming the author of said article is not visiting from another planet, one can only attribute the astounding lack of understanding of human nature, to the barrage of boneheaded parenting philosophies we have been subjected to. It began in the 1960s. Anything that resembled the values of “the greatest generation” was deemed foul and tainted. It only took a couple generations of parenting advice, heavy-laden with leftist social politics and psychology to come up with this mess…

[Oceander]

My dad was easy going but once my brother and me got THE LOOK , all silliness stopped .

That is one of the most effective techniques, provided you have the patience to lay the groundwork for it, which principally involves (a) having the courage to carry through on your threat when you have to, and (b) not abusing the LOOK (or whatever you use - I use the count-to-three method, along with the use-your-full-name method) too often for things that don't really matter, because then you either have to impose a draconian punishment on what was really a little pecadillo, or else you're just bluffing and your bluff gets called.

I find that it actually makes parenting more fun because you can be relaxed (like your dad was) and not have a whole lot of constant bickering and friction with your kids because everyone knows where the line is, and what happens when that line gets crossed.

[Osage Orange]

I never bluff...unless I'm playing poker.

And I haven't played poker in over 30 yrs.

[Grizzled Bear]

Another blog pimp foiled!

[barmag25]

good article. tfp

[Oceander]

I never bluff...unless I'm playing poker.

And I haven't played poker in over 30 yrs

That's the only way to parent.

[sonic109]

Oh , I assure you he backed up THE LOOK. A very few times we ignored THE LOOK and that was a mistake. My mom did the disciplining for the most part. I got a few smacks on the butt from her . My dad was up another level. When we got to be a little too much my mom would pass the situation over to my dad who would stop what he was doing , turn around slowly and just give us the LOOK. It didn’t happen often but when it did we knew better than to push him to the next level.
Better parents never existed.

[Eaker]

Cool!

[christianhomeschoolmommaof3]

“attachment parenting”

Attachment parenting is what comes natural to us that the “experts” try to tell us not to do. Lol!

[ninergold3]

Very best thing I’ve read in a long time!

[Flycatcher]

I'm quite glad birds have no inclination to follow the advice of these blogs.

For there would be no more birds...

[Bruinator]

I give out butt whoopins and lollipops. I haven’t had lollipops in a very long top.

[Keith Brown]

I hate the quote...”Ok ...buddy” when a parent is talking to a child.

When my son turned 18 we had a huge celebration and then and only then did I say “Now we can start being friends.”

[Osage Orange]

I ain’t touching that last line....

[HiTech RedNeck]

Some people would aver that “son” is a four letter word.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

I know a couple of folks who are into attachment parenting coupled with many of the things listed in this article, such as no religion and the elimination stuff. They also seem to be into the superiority of the sacred feminine - lol. Attachment parenting would be fine if it just meant you like to be close to your children - but I see these women using it as an excuse not to return to a close relationship with their husbands after birth. The children sleep with in their bed and the women I know use them as a buffer. I admit I do laugh a bit at them thinking they have invented some new age way of raising children with high self esteem that none of us could possibly have matched with our old conservative ways.

[Osage Orange]

Mine are both over 22 yrs..and gone now.

But they still know...

And they laugh at my tagline quote...but believe it.

[EDINVA]

Electric burners don’t lose their heat as fast as a kid’s hand can move. I’m inclined to think I’d have smacked the kid’s hand away from the stove altogether.

[I still care]

The one that gets me always (because I see the fruit of it in people who do it):

Not to be judgemental of a child when it is feeling something that IMHO is not appropriate.

You don’t have to knock down the child, but there is nothing wrong with telling a child, “It’s not appropriate to cry all afternoon because we can’t go to the park” or some such. I’ve seen so many “affirming” parents saying things like, “Jenny feels angry because she wants to go out” and then they try to “redirect” the child.

Balderdash.

[christianhomeschoolmommaof3]

Ive never met anyone like that. Wow!
I always nursed my babies, slept with them, and carried them in slings. They weren’t fussy and we didn’t feel sleep deprived. Of course, I never let the kids get in the way of a relationship with my husband. It worked for us.

I have a dear friend that would have panicked if she had to sleep with her baby. She would get up in the night and sit in a rocker to nurse her babies, she would change their diapers, put them back to bed and go back to bed herself. I would never have made it!!

[My Favorite Headache]

hahahahahaha