Mommy Knows Worst
I have a book review of James Lileks's new book, Mommy Knows Worst: Highlights from the Golden Age of Bad Parenting Advice up at TechCentral Station. Here is a highlight:
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Most parents worry about the damage they may be inflicting on their children by following parenting advice touted by parenting guides, mental health professionals, school personnel and even talk show hosts. Even those uncouth parents who try to tune out the current fads of child discipline and advice are swayed by community mores, school rules and the jail time involved if they vary too much from the norm. But many of us wonder how much of this advice is not only unhelpful, but just plain wrong. How can we know what will be the outcome of time outs, drugging kids with Ritalin, withholding discipline or sending kids to Brat Camp? Perhaps in the future, we will be looking back, wondering why we followed the advice given by well-meaning ninnies when in fact, there were other methods that might have worked better. The parents in James Lileks' new book on bad parenting advice probably wondered the same thing...
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posted by Helen at 9:34 PM
6 Comments:
I believe in consistency, for a number of reasons, including remembering what it was like when the rules changed arbitrarily just when I'd made a plan based on their consistency.
I'd run rats in psychology class, trained troops, raised kids, been a kid, been a private--which is like being a rat--and so I felt qualified to write an article on the subject. My kids turned out great.
I entitled it, "Reflections on Traiing Rats, Privates, and Children".
From the reception it got, it appears that consistency as a child rearing principle doesn't sell. That must be it.
I love Lileks - mainly for his ability to see the absurd in so many things. It's why I read his Bleat daily and why I buy his books. I only just picked up this one and it's hysterical. I hope he lives a long long life and can do a second installment (in about 40 years) on the parents of today and their funny hangups.
Liked what you said enough to quote you in my own blog. Keep up the good work. Best to you on your heart recovery. JB
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