Parenting article of interest from NY magazine

[Guest guest]

All joy and no fun is the point of this article about parenting. I know we all

have good and bad days for everything...even hair, but to have a huge article

based on they say overwhelming research, including a remark by one of the

researchers about a video they shot of a family and watching it is " the very

purest form of birth control ever devised. Ever. " Really?! How come we haven't

gotten funding for apraxia yet but someone funded people to come to these

horrible conclusions?! We all know good and bad parents and situations- how do

we know who got to choose the parents?

What I found to be the most profound and translate that to true part of this

entire article in spite of whatever monies were spent on research was the

mention of the movie Babies which documents parents from various parts of the

world...and how some ARE happy and calm with their children -mainly because some

parents here as the article points out see their child as their boss today.

Perhaps as well in the " what do you have planned for this summer for "

mentality we forget that kids don't need to have every moment of their life

scheduled and planned... by us...I've read that's not healthy for the kids

either.

So what can we learn from this?

Perhaps all should read this article and then go see Babies

Article

http://nymag.com/news/features/67024/

The trailer for Babies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vupEpNjCuY

Or share what are your views? I mean the majority of us are not just parents,

but parents of special needs children. I mean if the regular bunch thinks they

have it rough?! (oh boo hoo I say!)

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