Dear Moms, Dads, Relatives, Educators and Business Owners

In the technological age, our focus has changed from that of our grandmothers, the running of the perfect household, to being the perfect mother with the perfect kids.

Women today are less concerned about making sure “the whites are whiter than white” and that hubby comes home to a wholesome home cooked dinner every night. We are instead obsessing that our babies have the cot with the built in soothing aromatic head board and night calming music that stimulates a mathematical mind. (Not seen one yet, then I am sure one of these will be launched soon in your favourite parenting magazine or community web site.) We are already discussing and consulting forums on choosing the right school before the baby is born.  We spend thousands of Rands on the best stroller that can tackle any style terrain without disturbing the baby and the kids’ bedrooms are so full of the latest revamped traditional developmental toys there is little room left for play.

We spend hours reading books, watching television and surfing the internet on the right way to speak to your child, the right food to feed your child and the right amount of stimulation at the right time to encourage the right development. We also become addicted to portraying the perfect happy family on Facebook to all we know across the world. We update our blogs on the latest and greatest invention that we have got hold of invented by a parent who has thought of a way to make our lives easier. We share our ideas on other people’s ideas on how to parent right.

Whilst the sharing of knowledge and keeping ourselves informed has greatly enhanced our lives, it has become difficult to moderate how much time we spend on acquiring the knowledge and analyzing it. Could we be over dosing on information and spending too much time showing and telling our kids how they should be instead of just letting them be who they are? Is parenting a lot harder than it used to be, because we have made it that way?

I am guilty of over parenting. I find it very difficult to lay off the nagging and let my kids learn the consequences of not doing their homework or packing the right kit in their bags. By not letting my children learn about life through their mistakes am I limiting their independence so that they may be too scared to make mistakes and take risks later in life? (There I go analyzing my parenting skills again!) Could the best parenting advice be to step back and be less involved?  Should we change our focus to that of making our lives easier and less stressful by not taking up and making the most of every opportunity and good thing that is available to our children and ourselves as parents?

Now that I have finished publicizing my thoughts once again on the internet, I am off to go and hug a kid, listen to some real birds tweeting in the garden and to feel some sunlight on my face, just to remind myself I am human and not a robot. (Until the resistance to checking the latest post on Facebook or Twitter proves too great, that is.)

www.kidzworld.co.za

Dear Moms, Dads, Relatives, Educators and Business Owners

In the technological age, our focus has changed from that of our grandmothers, the running of the perfect household, to being the perfect mother with the perfect kids.

Women today are less concerned about making sure “the whites are whiter than white” and that hubby comes home to a wholesome home cooked dinner every night. We are instead obsessing that our babies have the cot with the built in soothing aromatic head board and night calming music that stimulates a mathematical mind. (Not seen one yet, then I am sure one of these will be launched soon in your favourite parenting magazine or community web site.) We are already discussing and consulting forums on choosing the right school before the baby is born.  We spend thousands of Rands on the best stroller that can tackle any style terrain without disturbing the baby and the kids’ bedrooms are so full of the latest revamped traditional developmental toys there is little room left for play.

We spend hours reading books, watching television and surfing the internet on the right way to speak to your child, the right food to feed your child and the right amount of stimulation at the right time to encourage the right development. We also become addicted to portraying the perfect happy family on Facebook to all we know across the world. We update our blogs on the latest and greatest invention that we have got hold of invented by a parent who has thought of a way to make our lives easier. We share our ideas on other people’s ideas on how to parent right.

Whilst the sharing of knowledge and keeping ourselves informed has greatly enhanced our lives, it has become difficult to moderate how much time we spend on acquiring the knowledge and analyzing it. Could we be over dosing on information and spending too much time showing and telling our kids how they should be instead of just letting them be who they are? Is parenting a lot harder than it used to be, because we have made it that way?

I am guilty of over parenting. I find it very difficult to lay off the nagging and let my kids learn the consequences of not doing their homework or packing the right kit in their bags. By not letting my children learn about life through their mistakes am I limiting their independence so that they may be too scared to make mistakes and take risks later in life? (There I go analyzing my parenting skills again!) Could the best parenting advice be to step back and be less involved?  Should we change our focus to that of making our lives easier and less stressful by not taking up and making the most of every opportunity and good thing that is available to our children and ourselves as parents?

Now that I have finished publicizing my thoughts once again on the internet, I am off to go and hug a kid, listen to some real birds tweeting in the garden and to feel some sunlight on my face, just to remind myself I am human and not a robot. (Until the resistance to checking the latest post on Facebook or Twitter proves too great, that is.)

www.kidzworld.co.za

Dear Moms, Dads, Relatives, Educators and Business Owners

In the technological age, our focus has changed from that of our grandmothers, the running of the perfect household, to being the perfect mother with the perfect kids.

Women today are less concerned about making sure “the whites are whiter than white” and that hubby comes home to a wholesome home cooked dinner every night. We are instead obsessing that our babies have the cot with the built in soothing aromatic head board and night calming music that stimulates a mathematical mind. (Not seen one yet, then I am sure one of these will be launched soon in your favourite parenting magazine or community web site.) We are already discussing and consulting forums on choosing the right school before the baby is born.  We spend thousands of Rands on the best stroller that can tackle any style terrain without disturbing the baby and the kids’ bedrooms are so full of the latest revamped traditional developmental toys there is little room left for play.

We spend hours reading books, watching television and surfing the internet on the right way to speak to your child, the right food to feed your child and the right amount of stimulation at the right time to encourage the right development. We also become addicted to portraying the perfect happy family on Facebook to all we know across the world. We update our blogs on the latest and greatest invention that we have got hold of invented by a parent who has thought of a way to make our lives easier. We share our ideas on other people’s ideas on how to parent right.

Whilst the sharing of knowledge and keeping ourselves informed has greatly enhanced our lives, it has become difficult to moderate how much time we spend on acquiring the knowledge and analyzing it. Could we be over dosing on information and spending too much time showing and telling our kids how they should be instead of just letting them be who they are? Is parenting a lot harder than it used to be, because we have made it that way?

I am guilty of over parenting. I find it very difficult to lay off the nagging and let my kids learn the consequences of not doing their homework or packing the right kit in their bags. By not letting my children learn about life through their mistakes am I limiting their independence so that they may be too scared to make mistakes and take risks later in life? (There I go analyzing my parenting skills again!) Could the best parenting advice be to step back and be less involved?  Should we change our focus to that of making our lives easier and less stressful by not taking up and making the most of every opportunity and good thing that is available to our children and ourselves as parents?

Now that I have finished publicizing my thoughts once again on the internet, I am off to go and hug a kid, listen to some real birds tweeting in the garden and to feel some sunlight on my face, just to remind myself I am human and not a robot. (Until the resistance to checking the latest post on Facebook or Twitter proves too great, that is.)

www.kidzworld.co.za

Dear Moms, Dads, Relatives, Educators and Business Owners

In the technological age, our focus has changed from that of our grandmothers, the running of the perfect household, to being the perfect mother with the perfect kids.

Women today are less concerned about making sure “the whites are whiter than white” and that hubby comes home to a wholesome home cooked dinner every night. We are instead obsessing that our babies have the cot with the built in soothing aromatic head board and night calming music that stimulates a mathematical mind. (Not seen one yet, then I am sure one of these will be launched soon in your favourite parenting magazine or community web site.) We are already discussing and consulting forums on choosing the right school before the baby is born.  We spend thousands of Rands on the best stroller that can tackle any style terrain without disturbing the baby and the kids’ bedrooms are so full of the latest revamped traditional developmental toys there is little room left for play.

We spend hours reading books, watching television and surfing the internet on the right way to speak to your child, the right food to feed your child and the right amount of stimulation at the right time to encourage the right development. We also become addicted to portraying the perfect happy family on Facebook to all we know across the world. We update our blogs on the latest and greatest invention that we have got hold of invented by a parent who has thought of a way to make our lives easier. We share our ideas on other people’s ideas on how to parent right.

Whilst the sharing of knowledge and keeping ourselves informed has greatly enhanced our lives, it has become difficult to moderate how much time we spend on acquiring the knowledge and analyzing it. Could we be over dosing on information and spending too much time showing and telling our kids how they should be instead of just letting them be who they are? Is parenting a lot harder than it used to be, because we have made it that way?

I am guilty of over parenting. I find it very difficult to lay off the nagging and let my kids learn the consequences of not doing their homework or packing the right kit in their bags. By not letting my children learn about life through their mistakes am I limiting their independence so that they may be too scared to make mistakes and take risks later in life? (There I go analyzing my parenting skills again!) Could the best parenting advice be to step back and be less involved?  Should we change our focus to that of making our lives easier and less stressful by not taking up and making the most of every opportunity and good thing that is available to our children and ourselves as parents?

Now that I have finished publicizing my thoughts once again on the internet, I am off to go and hug a kid, listen to some real birds tweeting in the garden and to feel some sunlight on my face, just to remind myself I am human and not a robot. (Until the resistance to checking the latest post on Facebook or Twitter proves too great, that is.)

www.kidzworld.co.za

Dear Moms, Dads, Relatives, Educators and Business Owners

In the technological age, our focus has changed from that of our grandmothers, the running of the perfect household, to being the perfect mother with the perfect kids.

Women today are less concerned about making sure “the whites are whiter than white” and that hubby comes home to a wholesome home cooked dinner every night. We are instead obsessing that our babies have the cot with the built in soothing aromatic head board and night calming music that stimulates a mathematical mind. (Not seen one yet, then I am sure one of these will be launched soon in your favourite parenting magazine or community web site.) We are already discussing and consulting forums on choosing the right school before the baby is born.  We spend thousands of Rands on the best stroller that can tackle any style terrain without disturbing the baby and the kids’ bedrooms are so full of the latest revamped traditional developmental toys there is little room left for play.

We spend hours reading books, watching television and surfing the internet on the right way to speak to your child, the right food to feed your child and the right amount of stimulation at the right time to encourage the right development. We also become addicted to portraying the perfect happy family on Facebook to all we know across the world. We update our blogs on the latest and greatest invention that we have got hold of invented by a parent who has thought of a way to make our lives easier. We share our ideas on other people’s ideas on how to parent right.

Whilst the sharing of knowledge and keeping ourselves informed has greatly enhanced our lives, it has become difficult to moderate how much time we spend on acquiring the knowledge and analyzing it. Could we be over dosing on information and spending too much time showing and telling our kids how they should be instead of just letting them be who they are? Is parenting a lot harder than it used to be, because we have made it that way?

I am guilty of over parenting. I find it very difficult to lay off the nagging and let my kids learn the consequences of not doing their homework or packing the right kit in their bags. By not letting my children learn about life through their mistakes am I limiting their independence so that they may be too scared to make mistakes and take risks later in life? (There I go analyzing my parenting skills again!) Could the best parenting advice be to step back and be less involved?  Should we change our focus to that of making our lives easier and less stressful by not taking up and making the most of every opportunity and good thing that is available to our children and ourselves as parents?

Now that I have finished publicizing my thoughts once again on the internet, I am off to go and hug a kid, listen to some real birds tweeting in the garden and to feel some sunlight on my face, just to remind myself I am human and not a robot. (Until the resistance to checking the latest post on Facebook or Twitter proves too great, that is.)

www.kidzworld.co.za

Dear Moms, Dads, Relatives, Educators and Business Owners

Just a thought…

In the technological age, our focus has changed from that of our grandmothers, the running of the perfect household, to being the perfect mother with the perfect kids.

Women today are less concerned about making sure “the whites are whiter than white” and that hubby comes home to a wholesome home cooked dinner every night. We are instead obsessing that our babies have the cot with the built in soothing aromatic head board and night calming music that stimulates a mathematical mind. (Not seen one yet, then I am sure one of these will be launched soon in your favourite parenting magazine or community web site.) We are already discussing and consulting forums on choosing the right school before the baby is born.  We spend thousands of Rands on the best stroller that can tackle any style terrain without disturbing the baby and the kids’ bedrooms are so full of the latest revamped traditional developmental toys there is little room left for play.

We spend hours reading books, watching television and surfing the internet on the right way to speak to your child, the right food to feed your child and the right amount of stimulation at the right time to encourage the right development. We also become addicted to portraying the perfect happy family on Facebook to all we know across the world. We update our blogs on the latest and greatest invention that we have got hold of invented by a parent who has thought of a way to make our lives easier. We share our ideas on other people’s ideas on how to parent right.

Whilst the sharing of knowledge and keeping ourselves informed has greatly enhanced our lives, it has become difficult to moderate how much time we spend on acquiring the knowledge and analyzing it. Could we be over dosing on information and spending too much time showing and telling our kids how they should be instead of just letting them be who they are? Is parenting a lot harder than it used to be, because we have made it that way?

I am guilty of over parenting. I find it very difficult to lay off the nagging and let my kids learn the consequences of not doing their homework or packing the right kit in their bags. By not letting my children learn about life through their mistakes am I limiting their independence so that they may be too scared to make mistakes and take risks later in life? (There I go analyzing my parenting skills again!) Could the best parenting advice be to step back and be less involved?  Should we change our focus to that of making our lives easier and less stressful by not taking up and making the most of every opportunity and good thing that is available to our children and ourselves as parents? Would this be wrong?

Now that I have finished publicizing my thoughts once again on the internet, I am off to go and hug a kid, listen to some real birds tweeting in the garden and to feel some sunlight on my face, just to remind myself I am human and not a robot. (Until the resistance to checking the latest post on Facebook proves too great, that is.)

www.kidzworld.co.za

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