The Collapse of Parenting: How We Hurt Our Kids When We Treat Them Like Grown-Ups
Lost Boys: are we raising a generation of Peter Pans?
Boys Adrift: The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men.
Two good books and related articles below in McLeans, CBC and the WSJ. I see more and more of this behaviour in young kids and young adults and struggle to see why I am among the minority in thinking anything is wrong or that we as parents need to correct this. This collapse is primarily affecting and impacting English-speaking kids and families in some Western countries. It is very sad that English is becoming the language of the disrespectful.
For more info read these startling books by Dr. Leonard Sax “The Collapse of Parenting: How We Hurt Our Kids When We Treat Them Like Grown-Ups”
and
Boys Adrift: The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men.
Related post or articles:
Parenting in the western world appears to be harder than elsewhere with average outcomes far from ideal. http://wp.me/p1fJaD-iT
For the record: Dr. Leonard Sax on the collapse of parenting
Lost Boys: are we raising a generation of Peter Pans?
http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/lost-boys-are-we-raising-a-generation-of-peter-pans-1.700034
Parenting in the age of awfulness:
http://www.wsj.com/articles/parenting-in-the-age-of-awfulness-1450397051
The disintegration of the parent-child bond
Sure, our kids will be healthier if we stop hovering
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/parenting/sure-our-kids-will-be-healthier-if-we-stop-hovering—but-its-not-that-easy/article24879946/
Six realistic ways to manage your kids’ screen time
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