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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The trouble with parenting these days is that we put our kids first. I grew up in the 70's - the child of a single mom. She put herself first - it wasn't easy for her by any means but there was no coddling of us. We went to bed when she told us to, ate (for the most part) what she put in front of us and managed ourselves all day when she went to work. I remember breaking my foot as a child and having to wait until she got home from a late dinner to look at it. My kids are nagging me all day to get them some food or this or that. I have begun to feel like a servant more than a parent - so now I embrace my mother, sit on the couch with a book and give them the evil eye when they ask me to get them a snack. [/quote]

I think you're onto something. I do often feel more like a servant than a parent. I don't remember my parents playing with us nonstop as kids, yet most parent now spend hours a day playing, reading books and assisting kids. On days like today I get SO burnt out. Just nonstop play, crafts, feeding them and when it all ends, the whole house is trashed, there's laundry everywhere and I'm stuck doing all the chores until bedtime. No play for me, just for the kids.[/quote]

It’s completely unsustainable. Kids need chores and parents need to run the house. No offense meant to those who love playing, but that’s not me.

I wouldn’t say that is gentle parenting exactly, but making our lives so child centric is creating some entitled kids. [/quote]

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