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[quote=Anonymous]I may be what you call intense. In kindergarten, we were much more lax with the activities. I let kids try out sports like soccer, tennis and t ball. My kids learned to swim during the 2 summers they did swim team. When my kids were in kindergarten, I absolutely limited their screen time. I worked back then and we only had a few hours after we got home. I didn’t want them to just sit on screens.

I have lots of friends. My kids have lots of friends. I would say none of us have the same parenting styles. I have friends who allow unlimited screens and junk food. That would not fly in my house but their kids are perfectly well behaved kids who get good grades. I’m sure their parents think that is fine.

I have one friend who reads a million parenting books, doesn’t believe in punishment, seems hyper interested and proud of her tween kids’ relationships with the opposite sex and never pushes her kids. She straight up insults me and often takes jabs at me. She is the only mom I can think of that I used to like that I prefer not to see. She is part of a larger friend group so I am stuck seeing her. Both she and her kids are in therapy. For what I’m not sure but she likes to rattle off insulting theories on why your parenting style is inferior to hers.[/quote]

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