Comments on: Chill Out: A New Parenting Trend

By: The Idle Parent « So, I'm a Mom Now

The Idle Parent « So, I'm a Mom Now — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:22:28 +0000

[...] to turnitupmom for the tip on this one. Just [...]

By: Krys

Krys — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:35:03 +0000

Yes! Absolutely! Thanks for the inspiration to make my own declaration to be a seriously grounded, definitely NOT helicoptery parent.

By: Marianne

Marianne — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:08:43 +0000

Totally agree here. But one question- is the dad smoking a pipe…?

By: Palymama

Palymama — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 06:37:46 +0000

I think we're moving towards a backlash against helicopter parenting. Let's hope we arrive somewhere in the middle, I think we're all a little happier there.

By: Amy Leigh

Amy Leigh — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:43:40 +0000

Amen sister. I completely agree with you! I may not be a parent yet, but if and when I do become one, I fully intend to live by these principles.

By: C Golightly

C Golightly — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:12:43 +0000

Right on. I think there is much wisdom to this message. I have begun leaning towards this myself. A balance of activities with learning to entertain themselves.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:10:51 +0000

YES! we, as parents, have been actively resisting the intense peer pressure culture of organized sports, eating dinner on the run on the way to activities and bumping our kids up to advanced courses. childhood is a time to be a child…….to just BE. we figure if running around like crazy makes adults, well, crazy, imagine what it does to developing souls? while we aren't exactly sitting around drinking martinis as the book seems to suggest, and we do have our kids doing things that they WANT to do (like music & art), we have experienced less stress in our household than we see in other homes…..and that's gotta be a good thing. thanks for posting this thoughtful and brave piece.

By: Dumitru Caruntu

Dumitru Caruntu — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 10:46:36 +0000

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