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Thursday, January 11, 2007

over/under- parenting

Another link, I know. It's a little one though. A short article by a woman who thinks parents have been underparenting their babies and then overparenting their kids/teenagers. My kids are still little, but it seems about right from what I've observed.

1 comment:

Jamie said...

thats nicely written...i remember people looking at me weird when i'd pick jonathan up the second he'd start to whimper. i even remember spending most of the day holding him while i cooked, cleaned, etc. when he was still light enough to do that! john would tell me to put him in his crib when he'd fall asleep in my lap but i was just satisfied sitting there staring at him or reading a book. i can't promise i still won't be so attached when he gets older but i am logical and i do realize that he needs to experience his own things. i just wish the mommy guilt would go away when he hurts himself, thats the hardest thing for me!