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Quote by: brien I just don't think that parenting/ babies is all of that controversial in and of itself. |
Are you sure? Then you are probably not aware of all the "parenting schools of thought" under debate today. There is a huge variation in the way people today choose to raise their children...and it's exactly because it is such a personal, touchy and RELEVANT topic that these women who populate the forums prefer to NEVER talk about it. They'd rather be "supportive" and say "do whatever suits you" rather than having the "balls" (????
) to discuss the merits or lack thereof of certain styles and methods versus others.
There is no point in bringing up any specific topic here (breastfeeding vs. formula, to discipline or not and if yes, how. etc).
All I can say is that - as an outsider in this culture - I am not at all a fan of what I see among kids here.
They behave as if they are raised with no serious guidance, with little to no values and no spirituality whatsoever. Those who claim to "teach values" they only indoctrinate with religious dogmas but do not teach any human or spiritual values. The alternative to dogmatic indoctrination is complete relativism where adults simply abstain from telling kids what, why, how, in what ways, etc. Many kids become obnoxious, self-absorbed, vacuous, easily bored, anti-social and with cultural (NOT genetic!!!) ADD . That's becasue their parents' attention span itself is very short. Then how can you NOT end up with a nation of ADD-s?
That's what it looks like from where I stand. The sweet, respectful-towards-adults yet conversational, observant, intelligent kid is an endangered species around here.
Yet to see one, to be honest.