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[quote=Anonymous]I think it's the whole Positive Parenting trend.

I'm a so-called positive parent, but I've noticed people totally misunderstand it. The idea was that instead of just punishing your child for doing something wrong, you teach them the right thing to do instead. But somehow that got twisted into never correcting your child, instead let them do whatever they want and praise them when it's good behavior. I think out of some fear that correcting a child will traumatize them. Also, it's a lot more effort to teach than to just ignore or scream, so most parents don't want to do it.

Sort of like:

Traditional parenting: scream at kid for ripped up flowers, provides no alternatives

Positive parenting: explains that ripped up flowers is wrong, directs child to another activity such as collecting pinecones and playing with those. Repeat over and over until child understands.

Misinterpretation of positive parenting: ignores the pulling up flowers and praises child when he does something else.

Same thing with dogs nowadays. Everyone jumped on the positive training bandwagon, and now it's considered abuse to correct your dog in anyway. People just let the dog misbehave and just toss treats at it when it's "good". That's not actually teaching anything. [/quote]

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