Very thought-provoking read. I admit I'm a relentless parent, but I'm really trying to curb the "addiction;" that's what it is, essentially: an addiction. I feel a compulsion to monitor my kids in the same way I feel a compulsion to check my phone. It's awful
Culture is starting to recognize the multigenerational self-harm that is “relentless parenting,” but as always, sickness has a hard time seeing itself clearly. The predominant lens is still that children are passive things on which parenting is performed https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2018/12/25/upshot/the-relentlessness-of-modern-parenting.amp.html …
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Any tips on how I can break the cycle ?
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Allow you child feel secure, and loved that is the best thing you can give them. Not “stuff” or activities. No one cares that your kid played piano at 5 except you.
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