Comments on: The Dilemmas Of Modern Parenting http://planningwithkids.com/2008/06/14/the-dilemmas-of-modern-parenting/ 2 parents, 5 kids, organised chaos Mon, 21 May 2012 10:48:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: PlanningQueenhttp://planningwithkids.com/2008/06/14/the-dilemmas-of-modern-parenting/comment-page-1/#comment-1075 PlanningQueen Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:20:31 +0000 http://planningwithkids.com/?p=218#comment-1075 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. 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: Bettinahttp://planningwithkids.com/2008/06/14/the-dilemmas-of-modern-parenting/comment-page-1/#comment-1064 Bettina Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:08:57 +0000 http://planningwithkids.com/?p=218#comment-1064 sorry about the essay in your comments Bettinas last blog post..<a href="http://dancestothebeetofherowndrum.wordpress.com/2008/06/17/screw-up-tuesday-11/" rel="nofollow">Screw Up Tuesday</a> sorry about the essay in your comments

Bettinas last blog post..Screw Up Tuesday

]]> By: Bettinahttp://planningwithkids.com/2008/06/14/the-dilemmas-of-modern-parenting/comment-page-1/#comment-1063 Bettina Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:08:28 +0000 http://planningwithkids.com/?p=218#comment-1063 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..<a href="http://dancestothebeetofherowndrum.wordpress.com/2008/06/17/screw-up-tuesday-11/" rel="nofollow">Screw Up Tuesday</a> 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

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