tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8465384905089184139.post3938756040467718025..comments2024-03-21T07:38:32.204-07:00Comments on Bringing up Emilu: Am I mom enough?Patricia Villamilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07646882405278546909noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8465384905089184139.post-84385899576495897352012-05-16T17:05:55.319-07:002012-05-16T17:05:55.319-07:00Some specialists are indeed in to make money, you ...Some specialists are indeed in to make money, you are right, and the sad thing is anyone can write a decent enough book which mothers flock to buy. About the French parenting syndrome I really don't see anything bad about it, this method minus the label, is the common sense/nurturing structure/relax kind of parenting I enjoy the most.Patricia Villamilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07646882405278546909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8465384905089184139.post-8099365553343612402012-05-15T20:13:36.984-07:002012-05-15T20:13:36.984-07:00Did you say that you wanted to “just relax and enj...Did you say that you wanted to “just relax and enjoy parenting, without feeling inferior or superior to other people?” That you cared deeply about the way in which you are raising your daughter, and much thought goes to it without obsessing? Well, I am sorry to do this to you, but I must diagnose you with the French Parenting Style Syndrome. Or at least you come very close. The main indicator is the vast amount of common sense in your response to the TIME article.<br />Your view of extreme parenting as a function of our egos, our need to fill intellectual and emotional voids, and/or feel superior to other parents, is spot on. The worst part is that there are tons of “specialists” out there eager and ready to bank on these parental insecurities and qualms. And they will! <br />I hope to be wrong, but I think this is just the beginning. There is money to be made, and parents’ egotistical leanings won’t ease, especially among middle and upper-middle classes. These propensities, coupled with a greater socioeconomic status, will just enhance competition among parents, propelling a quest to make their children better than the next kid. As you pointed out, this is bound to create degrees of polarity that ultimately will be detrimental to our children and our society. But we adults are great at self justification, and we will find a way to make it about the children, and not about ourselves.The Alexandriannoreply@blogger.com