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Spoonfed generation : how to raise independent children / Michael Grose.

Spoonfed generation : how to raise independent children / Michael Grose.
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ISBN 9780143781042 (pbk.)
0143781049 (pbk.)
Name Grose, Michael, 1955- author.
Title Spoonfed generation : how to raise independent children / Michael Grose.
Published North Sydney, N.S.W. Bantam, 2017.
Description xvii, 269 pages ; 24 cm.
Notes Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-269)
Summary It's well established that parents in western countries such as Australia currently do too much for their kids, albeit with good intentions. Before driving their kids to school (or station or bus stop) each morning most parents would have woken their children up, made their breakfast and lunch, depositing the latter in their schoolbags, before reminding them to get dressed and brush their teeth. All this well-intentioned activity may make for an easier life at home but it encourages children to be dependent on adults for longer. This is the exact opposite of what parents have done in the past, which is to develop their children's independence and achieve the most important parenting outcome of all - their own redundancy. There are a number of reasons for this high level of dependency parenting, including family shrinkage (parents are able to do a great deal for kids in small families), older parents (often over-concerned about their children), busy lives (it's easier to do than delegate) and a heightened fear that the world is a dangerous place for young people. While terms such as 'helicopter parents', 'bubble-wrapping kids' and 'over-parenting' are now common place, they are unhelpful and offer little direction for parents. Spoonfed Generation will explain the importance of children's independence and the vital stages to letting go. Never before has a generation been so dependent on their parents; now it's time to remove the spoon and put it back in the drawer.
Subjects Parent and child
Parenting
Child rearing
Discipline of children
Self-confidence in children
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