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It's also important to raise a child who understands duty, responsibility and obligation: because those are also part of life. Right -- but there are ways the
by dreamweapon 12y ago
It's also important to raise a child who understands duty, responsibility and obligation: because those are also part of life.
Right -- but there are ways the child can attain that understanding without its parents perpetually lording over them, deciding how they spend every minute of the day.
- zzalpha 12y agoThat, my friend, is a strawman. I didn't see anyone suggest that helicopter parenting is the "correct" alternative. Only that it is a mistake to raise a child who is taught that they only need do what they want, and not sometimes what is necessary.
- dreamweapon 12y agoThe advice offered by the poster I had initially responded to -- "don't let your kid play minecraft until he starts doing better in school" -- seems to embody the very essence of helicopter parenting.