As others have noted, pretty much everything Iburri complained about are the result of ultra- liberal parents and teachers who refuse to discipline children in any way out of fear of "Stifling their creativity" or some crap like that, encourage mediocrity in school and elsewhere, and care more about nurturing kids' "self- esteem" than about helping them to grow into healthy, intelligent, capable adults.
Comes to mind that child raising has it's fads through the years.
I was one of those mothers that went against the grain in child raising. The fad at the time of my first born was to place the new born on a schedule that suited the parent. Child is fed on a strict schedule, awakened and put to bed on a schedule that benefited the parents.
How many times I was told that a baby who would not go to sleep was to be placed away from the family and allowed to cry themselves to sleep.
Bull shit, baby's do not cry for no reason and I never allowed mine to do so. Infants until 3 months of age were with me 24/7, they were fed when their bodies needed food, and held against my body constantly.
Takes a while for a baby to adjust to being out of the womb, bright lights, noise and being handled, differences in temperatures, all frightening experiences for a baby used to the comfort of the womb.
You'll spoil that child I heard over and over again from some family----except the grandmothers that gave me a thumbs up, one cannot spoil a infant that has needs that one has to accommodate as a mother.
Training a child hits at about 2 years old when the child begins to make demands as their little brains are learning how to manipulate others. They still want the attention they are use to as an infant. Can one train a child to potty training at that age, yes but it takes time and patience.
Terrible 3's come in and by golly you have your hands full, a growing monster that does not ask but demands attention when they want it. Some learn to hold their breath until they pass out to get what they want, they will pitch a fit, kick and scream knowing the parent will do most everything to quiet the child.
Fads, allowing a 5 year old to mark up a wall with a crayon, Bull, allowing them to EXPRESS themselves with no training on responsibility, no limits set on how to controll themselves????
It is difficult in today's world to be a working mother and not out of exhaustion to turn the children and their training over to day care. All those hours away from their child, who knows what the child is learning from strangers.
Each child born has a personality, all their own. To expect all children to fit into a mold at a day care center is insane. Some children thrive and fit in, others cannot .
Humans are one of the few mammals that turn our children over to others to care for, out of our sight, strangers are teaching our children for good or bad.
When the two parent household working came in, Mothers had to work no choice, then the number of disturbed children went sky high.
Will continue as parents have no choice on how to raise their children, little family loyalty of the children or respect for a parent they spend so little time with.
My view of how this just started, I may be wrong, but I have no other explanation for this shift in society.
