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Maybe your narrow, petty, little mind can stretch to understand that there are different kinds of parenting that work for different kinds of people. Some adults are "sit on a bench" sort of parents. Some adults are "engage with their kids" sort of people. It depends on their inborn character traits, and perhaps what they experienced in their own childhoods. It all works out in the end and the planet still spins on its axis.

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Are you talking to me, the Gen X mom who posted above? I'm not sure why you are so sarcastic, and mean. Maybe I touched a nerve. I will tell you that my young adult children are well-adjusted, young adults who can navigate problems, and problem people, quite well. And without my help. They learned how to deal with people on the playground, in real time, in a non-structured environment. They didn't have me always hovering, always distracting, always keeping other kids at bay. Younger parents might not even realize what they're doing in serving as an emotional human shield, it may be subliminal. Maybe they are not connecting the dots. Or it's narcissism. Narcissists attach their kids to their hip, there is very little breathing room. Look at me, talk to me, only. So there's that, too.

Let the kids learn to play with other kids. It will serve them well in the long run. [/quote]

Amen! Somehow I forgot that by having kids later I would be parenting with millennials - it's exhausting, but I see how my kids are independent, open to life, anxiety-free and many millennial kids cannot deal with the daily slings and arrows of kindergarten. [/quote]

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