Hyper-Parenting and Custom Kids
Chapter Six of Hyper-Parenting: Are You Hurting Your Child by Trying Too Hard? by Alvin Rosenfeld, MD, and Nicole Wise is called “Custom Kids.”
I have nothing to add regarding this chapter as most of the points were touched upon eariler, so I will just give a couple of quotes that illustrate and leave it at that.
“By urging our children to fulfill every iota of their potential, as viewed from where we stand, we parents end up devoting an inordinate amount of attention to all the things that are wrong with them.”
“Remember, childhood is the preparation, not a performance. Our children’s lives belong to them We need to stop trying to live their lives for them.”
“Stage parents” stereotypes come to mind when I consider these quotes. I hope to spend more time trying to know what my kids are like rather than telling them who they should be.
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