The Collapse of Parenting: How We Hurt Our Kids When We Treat Them Like Grown-Ups

"A Wake Up Call for Parents" according to Jane Austen. "The Collapse of Parenting" presents an opportunity for parents to reflect on their parenting style and (hopefully) recognize how we all need to step up and either reinforce or begin creating stronger bonds with our children in an effort to counteract the alarming trend of children looking to culture/peers for validation and support rather than parents/families. I was pleased to see Gor. A must read to ALL parents and teachers I've read Dr. Sax's previous books (Why Gender Matters, Boys Adrift, Girls on Edge) and I've loved them all. When I heard he had a new book coming out, I was super excited. I am a mother to three young boys. I used to be a civil engineer (before kids) but am now a high school physics teacher. I found his books to be extremely beneficial to me as a parent and as a teacher. I found his st. An excellent overview of many of the troublesome issues facing U G. Jennings An excellent overview of many of the troublesome issues facing U.S. parents in today's world. All American parents need to become aware of the need to exert and maintain their benign (not overtly harmful) authority in their households.

If kids refuse to eat anything green and demand pizza instead, parents give in, inadvertently raising children who expect to eat sweets and junk food and are thus more likely to become obese. If children demand and receive the latest smartphones, tablets, and other gadgets and are then allowed to spend the bulk of their waking hours texting with friends and accessing any website they want, they become increasingly reliant on peers and the media for guidance on how to live rather than their parents. To start with, parents need to regain central places in the lives of their young children, displacing same-age peers who can't provide the same kind of guidance and stability. The result is parents are afraid of seeming too dictatorial and end up abdicating their authority