Comments on: The Dilemmas Of Modern Parenting

By: PlanningQueen

PlanningQueen — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:20:31 +0000

Tiff – I hope so to!

Bettina – I really appreciated your thoughtful comment. I haven’t quite reached that stage yet, but I can easily see how it gets harder as they get older.

By: Bettina

Bettina — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:08:57 +0000

sorry about the essay in your comments Bettinas last blog post..Screw Up Tuesday

By: Bettina

Bettina — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:08:28 +0000

I dunno. In general terms…….. perhaps. But there are so many that aren’t. I think it is more of a case of the technology that we our society has changed so much in such a short time, that parenting has not evolved quite as quickly to cope with it.

Look at technology. I’m only 35. Hardly old by anyone’s standards, but there are so many things available to my children that weren’t to me. Mobile phones, the internet, gaming systems, email.

For example just last week I had to shut down my daughters email account as she was getting emails from people we don’t know due to her friends not using email responsibly but so many parents don’t know. How do they parent something they don’t understand? How do you put boundaries on children interacting in a social medium that you have no experience of?

I think we need to bridge the gaps. I think we need to get in there and know what our children are dealing with so that we can guide them through and set appropriate boundaries.

Bettinas last blog post..Screw Up Tuesday

By: tiff

tiff — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 03:14:48 +0000

I hope I’m not…that would be alot of spoiled brats out there in the world.

tiffs last blog post..Weekly Winners – birthdays and other stuff edition.