Showing posts with label Parenting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Parenting. Show all posts

Friday, July 2, 2021

Christianity And Authority: The Harm

There is much pseudoscience in religious circles regarding raising children. Here are two links exposing it to real scientific research (link) (link). Click on the link below for an enlightening video on the problem:

"PragerU made a video about parenting, and it won’t surprise you to learn that it’s garbage. Titled, 'How to Get Kids to Listen', it does literally nothing more than what the name suggests - tell parents to call for and expect obedience from their children. Of course those of you in Christian backgrounds will probably find his authoritarian mentality and approach familiar. In this video, I share my thoughts about his advice and how it relates to my history as a former evangelical parent/teacher/school administrator. While John Rosemond doesn’t address this in explicitly Christian terms, his parenting advice and underlying assumptions about obedience are deeply rooted in conservative evangelicalism, so I hope you find this helpful."


Thursday, April 12, 2018

Free-Range Parenting

The term is foreign to me, but I immediately knew what the writer was talking about.  That is how I, and most of my contemporaries, were raised. I reflect back and realize it was an important part of my education.  Yes, "times are different", but I think the concept has value if parents responsibly provide such experiences.



Thursday, April 14, 2016

Parental Sexual Orientation Has No Bearing On Children’s Well-being

"Surveying this astonishing breadth of research, Nathaniel Frank—director of the What We Know project and friend of Slateconcludes that 'the scientific debate over the politics of gay parenting is over, and equal treatment has won.' That triumph of scientific consensus was a long time in the making."

The Scientific Debate Over Same-Sex Parenting Is Over

Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Why Are Our Kids So Miserable?

The problem, no doubt, has a multifactorial causation.  This article presents several possible factors, with suggestions for improving the situation.

Could more play time by at least a partial answer?

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