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These threads kill me. “I have a toddler and now realize I am such a better parent than my imperfect parents who raised me, sheltered me, fed me, educated me, etc.”

Abuse= habitual cruelty. Cruelty = callous indifference to causing suffering in another person.

Be respectful of your own parents. If they didn’t have the positive parenting resources that are so popular today, cut them a break. Or your kids will absorb your judgmental habits. End rant. [/quote]

I agree with you PP. I know that some parents are abusive, but either all of those kids grew up and came to DCUM, or there is a lot of exaggeration going on. For example, the poster that complains her parents didn't do things with her - that was far more of the parental norm when I was growing up and I wouldn't consider that terrible parenting. Now parents are much more involved (I'm certainly more involved than my parents were ) because that is today's norms but I'm not convinced that it's better parenting. Our kids might very well come onto Future DCUM 20-30 years from now complaining how their parents (us) wouldn't let them do anything without them, like playing outside alone for hours at a time, and how it stunted their growth. It's just very easy to look back through today's parenting lens and complain about everything your parents did (I'm excluding actual abuse, which does happen). [/quote]

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