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Parenting Blog posts insightful comments on the latest international news that render us taken-aback in the domain of the parenting facet of life. Parenting-Blog: Good-Parenting News No valid quick-fixes when it comes to good parenting: November 5, 2007 by REBECCA SCHWINDEMAN
Betsy Hart wrote an interesting column recently titled "Bubble-wrapped kids" about how we are overprotecting our kids to the point that it has become unhealthy. With all of the cleansers, gadgets and safety gear available today, our homes and families could be cleaner and safer. But Ms. Hart admits that she is too busy to worry about dust, dropped cookies or even hand washing. How many parents today can honestly say their kids wash their hands before they eat at home or before eating a snack handed out after a soccer game, where the fields are littered with bird droppings? How can houses be cleaner today if floors are not cleaned, windows washed, linens laundered with the frequency that our stay at home or less scheduled mothers did them? The "hygiene hypothesis" that is the basis for Ms. Hart's article suggests that we need some germs to prime our immune system to run properly and not go haywire as in allergies or autoimmune diseases. Dr. David Strachan first proposed this idea in the 1980s and it is still unproven. There are many tenets to this discussion. But the link between families having more kids, hence more germs, and having fewer allergies than today, is not valid if other factors are not equal like the number in daycare. It does"take a parent" as Ms. Hart writes. Maybe we need to put away our magazines, time management books, laptops, cell phones, and Blackberries and pay attention that our children are actually wearing their helmets; playing safely; and really washing their hands. This is common sense parenting. This is good parenting. Parenting Blog Comment: Parenting blog admits that certainly common sense is the best teacher when it comes to teaching good parenting to the parents. But Ms. Hart misses the point that even common sense at times, rather more often than rare, may be a faulty one. It's so because what we call our common sense has been sculpted and shaped by so many beliefs of the past that may not always be faultless ones. Common sense may also be contrary to the natural sense at times. Now what is this natural sense? An insight into the laws of our basic nature is the best guide to parenting. But do we know how to read the language of nature? It requires real intelligence on our part. If we have got this intelligence, we will give our children even more freedom than common sense parenting does. So let's try to be intelligent parents instead of either protective or casually common sense ones! Wanna have some bidding fun with 'Parenting' on ebay auction? You might grab a bargain or two! Just say your bid and you're done: Sign up with AuctionAds as a publisher and receive $25 right now! I invite you to subscribe to my E-zine titled Life Coach, free of charge. This E-zine publishes insightful comments on the latest international news that render us taken-aback in the domains of various facets of life. A not-to-be-missed opportunity! Subscribe to it here: I also invite you to subscribe to my Life Blog - no need to provide your e-mail address here. This RSS feed keeps you informed about new developments taking place on this site. It also harbors 25 journal bloglets posting insightful comments on the latest international news that render us taken-aback in the domains of various facets of life. In order to subscribe to the blog, right-click on the orange RSS button (see buttons up to the left) and then paste the URL into your RSS reader. Or click on add to My Yahoo! button or My MSN or Add To Google button if you keep a personalized home page there. If you are not sure what RSS or blogging is all about, click on What's an RSS Feed? here:
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