10 Biggest Mistakes Raising American Girls?
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One of the biggest fears that I have as a Parent is making a mistake in how I raise my American Girl. I want to give her all the tools she will need to move out in to this increasingly confusing and competitive world. I came across this article on MSN Lifestyle entitled the 10 Biggest Mistakes Parents Make. Although I found the writer’s tone a little patronizing and at times even disdainful - I am in absolute agreement that each of these “mistakes” are the basic principles of good parenting. My issue is this - are these really the 10 Biggest Mistakes Parents Make? Have the general parenting skills in the US really degraded so far that these 10 parenting basics have to be so pointedly raised?
We have all had to deal with the occassional spoiled child. We have all had to discipline other people’s children… once in a while. But it is an epidemic? And while we all experience the occasional slip and make an error of judgement… aren’t we basically good Parents?
These 10 Mistakes were so obvious to me as parenting basics that I wonder am I missing something? I’d love to hear from those of you who read this. Did you learn something new? Do you disagree with any of the points made?
None of these were new to me, but I think parents like us are few and far between. As far as not wanting our kids to be disappointed and buying them everything they want, all we ever really wanted was mom and dad’s time too. Sure there were things we didn’t have, but it wasn’t like we had quality time with them either.
Thank you for posting that link. I really enjoyed looking through it. I feel as if we’re working hard at sticking to the items on that list. I think the toughest part for us is not praising mediocrity. At least for my hubby it is.
I have to agree with the above commenter. When I was a child growing up, all I ever wanted was time with my parents, to know that they cared. Not so much material things. Both worked full time and never had time for us. THAT is something I hope to not pass onto my child.