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John Rosemond: When Kids Became King
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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 672135" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>I was born at the tail-end of the Baby Boom (1960) and was a product of structured upbringing as opposed to Dr. Spock.</p><p></p><p>My parents didn't believe in spanking, there was a strong family history of autism of various types, and therefore no shortage of adults, including some on the spectrum, to help my family out with raising me.</p><p></p><p>We had a TV, but it was ancient, a huge wooden console thing with a tiny screen that I had difficulty seeing. One house rule was that for every hour spent watching TV, we had to read for an hour.</p><p></p><p>I just usually headed straight for the books and cut out the TV along the way.</p><p></p><p>I think some of this is the whole "self-esteem" movement, and a lot of it is the erosion of boundaries between child and adult.</p><p></p><p>I remember hitting various milestones on the path towards adulthood, some eagerly awaited and some not. I always knew I wasn't equal to the adults in my life, or any others. </p><p></p><p>Today's kids miss out on a lot of those milestones, and many of them seem to never grow up,possibly as a result.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 672135, member: 1963"] I was born at the tail-end of the Baby Boom (1960) and was a product of structured upbringing as opposed to Dr. Spock. My parents didn't believe in spanking, there was a strong family history of autism of various types, and therefore no shortage of adults, including some on the spectrum, to help my family out with raising me. We had a TV, but it was ancient, a huge wooden console thing with a tiny screen that I had difficulty seeing. One house rule was that for every hour spent watching TV, we had to read for an hour. I just usually headed straight for the books and cut out the TV along the way. I think some of this is the whole "self-esteem" movement, and a lot of it is the erosion of boundaries between child and adult. I remember hitting various milestones on the path towards adulthood, some eagerly awaited and some not. I always knew I wasn't equal to the adults in my life, or any others. Today's kids miss out on a lot of those milestones, and many of them seem to never grow up,possibly as a result. [/QUOTE]
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