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Too Easy?
How many times have you heard, thought, or said that phrase in your life? A friend of mine recently mused out a version of that old dismissive turn of phrase recently after one of her daughters refused a simple request to help clear the table after lunch.
I think it's common and rational that many parents of my generation make the assumption that previous generations, perhaps forever, have judged their own children as having an easier life then they had themselves. The conventional perspective is that each successive generation has more play time and toys, yet fewer rules and less responsibility.
Were 5-year-old boys really...
Posted on Feb 26, 2010 - 10:26 AM by Khalif Williams in Uncharted Parenting
“I hate to say it, but I think our kids have it too easy.”How many times have you heard, thought, or said that phrase in your life? A friend of mine recently mused out a version of that old dismissive turn of phrase recently after one of her daughters refused a simple request to help clear the table after lunch.
I think it's common and rational that many parents of my generation make the assumption that previous generations, perhaps forever, have judged their own children as having an easier life then they had themselves. The conventional perspective is that each successive generation has more play time and toys, yet fewer rules and less responsibility.
Were 5-year-old boys really...