tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679982583847135662.post2138219613961377932..comments2022-07-27T00:08:13.293-07:00Comments on The Original Dragon Mother: Gen X, Y, Z - now what?Kazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06883203750700550391noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679982583847135662.post-66081513300274574902014-07-03T07:07:59.846-07:002014-07-03T07:07:59.846-07:00I fear that one of the conditions that feed these ...I fear that one of the conditions that feed these teenage attitudes is the lack of family discussion and debate at home. Everybody is glued to their screens and in this world of parents working more hours outside the home, everyone gets home too tired to be bothered with conversation. In our household, there is a lot of robust debate especially around the dinner table...we all have our views challenged and have to put forward an argument to defend them. This is a great way to increase the children's awareness of the world around them, socially, politically, geographically etc. and is a safe way to challenge them and encourage their critical thinking, and enable them to cope with criticism without it being a mortal blow. I also agree with Scarlett's comment about personal boundaries, but when I see parents who don't know how to live within boundaries, how on earth are their children going to learn?Jodiebodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11377052537742885631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679982583847135662.post-55333016702890860552012-07-26T13:22:48.047-07:002012-07-26T13:22:48.047-07:00Thanks Scarlett, and welcome to Dragon Mother!
To...Thanks Scarlett, and welcome to Dragon Mother!<br /><br />To be honest, I wasn't expecting to still be wrestling with this stuff at the coal face by now - such is life... I'm still teaching and have acquired an adolescent stepson! I don't know that I could have sat back with the same level of objectivity I find I have now when it was my own kids, and certainly, I think that's an issue for many parents now - when you're THAT close, it's hard to see the incremental stages...and then suddenly, it's in your face and you have a situation that you have to deal with that's been brewing for a long time. <br /><br />Time I got back here - a number of articles and links are sitting with notes on them saying 'for Dragon Mother', but it's been a tad hectic in my world and I"m a bit time poor. <br /><br />Lovely to have you here - and I will be back!!Kazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06883203750700550391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679982583847135662.post-45467731905465544602012-07-26T05:23:06.430-07:002012-07-26T05:23:06.430-07:00Kaz, I love this. Particularly the point about th...Kaz, I love this. Particularly the point about the "sheer weight of their viewpoints". Having reared 4 teens (and somehow managing to avoid arrest after endless sessions of listening to their high-brow rationales for all sorts of clumsily thought out nonsense they'd gotten themselves into) I can say that they are weighed down by ...something. I'm all for respecting every person, regardless of age, but teenage angst is a very real situation and parents, in my view, need to realize that guidance is paramount in the development of an individual of that age. The bravado you mention is rampant, as is a growing lack of restraint and recognition of simple personal boundaries. Very nice post!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14405923622590679339noreply@blogger.com