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Be present. That's about the sum total of it I think. If you are there, you will pick up on what is and isn't working, and you can work to make it better. Real
by war1025 8y ago
Be present. That's about the sum total of it I think. If you are there, you will pick up on what is and isn't working, and you can work to make it better.
Really kids just want someone to love them and teach them how to be a person.
- smileysteve 8y agoI think that the books and article argue how present you should be. Which is where the above question comes from. Kids need to fall, need to be able to solve things without parents nearby to be able to grow and make responsible decisions.
- war1025 8y agoI guess to me "Teach them how to be a person" includes letting them make their own mistakes and giving them the space to develop the ability to make responsible decisions.
- gowld 8y agoTwo sentences, in, good start sketching the boundaries of the problem space. In 10,000 more sentences you'll start getting into the meaty complexity of these questions.
- fatnoah 8y ago>Really kids just want someone to love them and teach them how to be a person. This is basically my philosophy. My wife and I have an acknowledged goal of releasing a fully functional human into the wild in about 8 more years. That means teaching him how to be a self-sufficient person. There's a lot to it, but for me it distills down to giving them the confidence to fail, encourage their interests, and setting/adjusting boundaries.