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Why parents should stop blaming themselves for how their kids turn out
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<blockquote data-quote="runawaybunny" data-source="post: 759565" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://ideas.ted.com/why-parents-should-stop-blaming-themselves-for-how-their-kids-turn-out/" target="_blank"><strong>Why parents should stop blaming themselves for how their kids turn out - Ideas.Ted</strong></a></p><p></p><p><strong>A few years ago, a student came up to me after the second day of my class on parenting and child development (I’m a college psychology professor).</strong> She hesitated for a second, and then she confessed: “I’m really interested in this material. But I was hoping that your class would help me to become a better parent if I have kids someday.”</p><p></p><p>She had jumped to the conclusion that the class wouldn’t help her because I had told the students that I was going to cover how parents do not have control in shaping who their children become. I was caught off guard. Would confronting the science of parenting and child development not be relevant to being a good parent? I hope that my class ended up changing her mind.</p><p></p><p><strong>Parents want what’s best for their children — whether they’re young or old, rich or poor, married or divorced.</strong> Shelves of parenting books promise to show people how to address the difficult decisions that parents face every day and how to achieve the best outcomes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="runawaybunny, post: 759565, member: 1"] [URL='https://ideas.ted.com/why-parents-should-stop-blaming-themselves-for-how-their-kids-turn-out/'][B]Why parents should stop blaming themselves for how their kids turn out - Ideas.Ted[/B][/URL] [B]A few years ago, a student came up to me after the second day of my class on parenting and child development (I’m a college psychology professor).[/B] She hesitated for a second, and then she confessed: “I’m really interested in this material. But I was hoping that your class would help me to become a better parent if I have kids someday.” She had jumped to the conclusion that the class wouldn’t help her because I had told the students that I was going to cover how parents do not have control in shaping who their children become. I was caught off guard. Would confronting the science of parenting and child development not be relevant to being a good parent? I hope that my class ended up changing her mind. [B]Parents want what’s best for their children — whether they’re young or old, rich or poor, married or divorced.[/B] Shelves of parenting books promise to show people how to address the difficult decisions that parents face every day and how to achieve the best outcomes. [/QUOTE]
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