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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 646694" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>RE, this article was absolutely awesome. This one I really related to. As much as I hate to admit it, divorce hurts our kids. Yes, I was divorced once. Those kids are nowhere near as well adjusted as the two who did not experience divorce and a stepparent in the middle of their childhood. I think that stay-at-home moms are great...kids need stability and a parent after school, not a smiley caregiving stranger. How many kids have that personal touch from mom anymore? How many have grown up in daycare? My grandson was in daycare at six weeks old. Now he'd also gone through a divorce and spends half time with mom and new stepdad and soon-to-be new baby and his father. This can't be good. It can't be good. </p><p></p><p>I am appalled at how much time some parents spend on their smartphones while raising kids. You and I did not have that option. Regardless of how our kids turned out (mixed bag for me), the kids did not have to compete with half the word texting us. I find I have to compete with Jumper's cell phone though when she is home. So I have a feeling how frustrating it must be for a kid to want Dad or Mom, yet they are there, but not there...just like Jumper can be. Technology takes you out of your environment and who you are with and strangers invade the family.</p><p></p><p>I liked the psychologists ideas of how to relate to teens and young adults. </p><p></p><p>If anyone doesn't mind finishing the longish article, it is a very good read and I believe it nails much of the issues our kids have today. Stability is gone. Mobility is here. Neighborhoods are transient where they used to be stable and kids knew everybody. There is very little for our kids to hang onto and we can't be with them all the time...not even those of us who try our best. </p><p></p><p>Are the Amish the best off of all of us? The ones who stick it out? Is it really better to live in OUR world? I've thought about that often.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 646694, member: 1550"] RE, this article was absolutely awesome. This one I really related to. As much as I hate to admit it, divorce hurts our kids. Yes, I was divorced once. Those kids are nowhere near as well adjusted as the two who did not experience divorce and a stepparent in the middle of their childhood. I think that stay-at-home moms are great...kids need stability and a parent after school, not a smiley caregiving stranger. How many kids have that personal touch from mom anymore? How many have grown up in daycare? My grandson was in daycare at six weeks old. Now he'd also gone through a divorce and spends half time with mom and new stepdad and soon-to-be new baby and his father. This can't be good. It can't be good. I am appalled at how much time some parents spend on their smartphones while raising kids. You and I did not have that option. Regardless of how our kids turned out (mixed bag for me), the kids did not have to compete with half the word texting us. I find I have to compete with Jumper's cell phone though when she is home. So I have a feeling how frustrating it must be for a kid to want Dad or Mom, yet they are there, but not there...just like Jumper can be. Technology takes you out of your environment and who you are with and strangers invade the family. I liked the psychologists ideas of how to relate to teens and young adults. If anyone doesn't mind finishing the longish article, it is a very good read and I believe it nails much of the issues our kids have today. Stability is gone. Mobility is here. Neighborhoods are transient where they used to be stable and kids knew everybody. There is very little for our kids to hang onto and we can't be with them all the time...not even those of us who try our best. Are the Amish the best off of all of us? The ones who stick it out? Is it really better to live in OUR world? I've thought about that often. [/QUOTE]
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