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Time Flies, Parents: Spend More of it Wisely with Your Kids

June 24, 2019 by Guest Contributor Leave a Comment

time flies as dad and son soar on carnival aiplane ride

It should be the easiest thing in the world for me to do. As an at-home dad, you’d think all I did was hang out with my kid, right? Yes and no. It’s complicated. While my 2-year-old son comes first, I do work. Real estate doesn’t sell itself (well, kinda, but that’s not the point). I also oversee events, social media and more for the Anchorage Dads Group; I’m on the board of a nonprofit, and I have to jam in time for my wife as well. Life is busy. My son, and his associated care, consumes a lot of time and takes priority over everything during the day. Everything revolves around his … [Read more...]

Filed Under: at-home parenting, parenting styles, work-life balance Tagged With: overparenting, work-at-home parents

Judging Other Parents Brings Smug Satisfaction, Regret

August 31, 2017 by Jeff Bogle 1 Comment

judgement

There was a time not so long ago, let’s just call that time "yesterday," when I would have judged you. Quietly. To myself in the moment we two shared without your knowledge but not in nearly as creepy a way as that sounds. I would be again judging you later, to my wife that evening after the kids were in bed and I’d become a tad punch-drunk thanks to the lateness of the hour. I’d crack wise and witty about your laziness, about how you’d rather keep your toddler distracted than have to actually engage and be present as a mom, about how your kid is growing up perfectly suited to the modern … [Read more...]

Filed Under: parenting styles Tagged With: overparenting

Avoid Overparenting and Learn “How to Raise an Adult”

June 26, 2015 by Jason S. Grant Leave a Comment

How to Raise Adult Lythcott Haims

How to Raise an Adult, the new book by Julie Lythcott-Haims, discusses the many pitfalls and consequences of overparenting. A former undergraduate dean at Stanford University, Lythcott-Haims recounts stories of young adults who have been left devoid of the basic life skills that are crucial to surviving in a dangerous unforgiving world because of their overprotective mothers and fathers. She writes, for example, that many parents today are hesitant to give their children the freedom to play alone outdoors or in the playground the way they were allowed when they were children. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: parenting advice Tagged With: books, free-range parenting, Julie Lythcott-Haims, overparenting, review

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