parenting
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Thoughtlets. LXV. Whoa Momma!
The so-called helicopter parent phenomenon is at least in part due to the helicopter research phenomenon. Parental anxiety might just be created in part by studies and expert advice, talk shows, and school report cards. True, some advice is reassuring and it’s nice to have guide books to turn to. But there sure are a Continue reading
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Of Flocks and Wings
Lurking somewhere in the back of our adult brains is every mother’s admonition If your friends jumped off a bridge, would you? Don’t blindly follow your friends. Sometimes this warning is made explicit. When I went to university in my 40s, my seventy-five-year-old Dad worried that I would cease to think for myself. And so he gave Continue reading
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‘Mom-advice’. You take a little cringe with the good.
Some parental advice is worth keeping, some not. Here’s a not. Mom used to tell me, You can’t get married until you can put your hands in hot water. By this warning she figured she could get me to wash the dishes without having to nag. And she was right. Time and again, I took Continue reading
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