“It's not our job to be our children's friend and make life easy for them,” so states a mom blogger recently. She is apparently responding to the modern disease known as “helicoptering,” the parental behavior of hovering over one’s children to make sure they suffer no pain in life.
Many issues are raised in the above false dichotomy. Let me focus on friendship and the easy life.
Showing posts with label teenagers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label teenagers. Show all posts
Saturday, December 21, 2013
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