{"id":23869,"date":"2025-03-13T08:00:42","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T09:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=23869"},"modified":"2025-03-13T09:27:12","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T09:27:12","slug":"grandparent-doesnt-agree-with-gentle-parenting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=23869","title":{"rendered":"Grandparent Doesn\u2019t Agree With \u2018Gentle Parenting\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Her mother\u2019s lack of discipline is turning the 10-year-old into a brat, and I\u2019m worried about her future.<\/p>\n

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My stepdaughter has been a single mother for about five years. She\u2019s 45 and I recognize that it\u2019s tough raising a 10-year-old girl while holding a full-time job and routinely jousting with an uncooperative ex-husband. I try my hardest to take everything into account.<\/em><\/p>\n

At issue is my stepdaughter\u2019s unwavering adherence to this \u201cgentle parenting\u201d concept of child rearing that\u2019s currently in fashion.<\/em><\/p>\n

In my opinion, the child is developing into a brat who knows her mother will rarely issue meaningful discipline. Instead, her mother \u201creasons\u201d with her daughter until the next time the daughter\u2019s actions merit more \u201creasoning.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

I warn my wife that today\u2019s 10-year-old brat is tomorrow\u2019s teenager prone to dangerous impulses. My wife agrees, but has yet to seriously address the issue with her daughter, despite my repeated attempts to get her to act.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Meanwhile, my stepdaughter and her child live nearby and at every visit I feel like I am walking on eggshells. Inevitably, the child will be told something she resents \u2014 usually by me \u2014 and the predictable hunched shoulders, fisted hands, and the all-too-familiar scowl will ensue as she stomps off and pouts, followed by her mother \u201creasoning\u201d with her about \u201cGrandpa\u2019s misstep.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

I\u2019m unable to do more than watch and simply await the arrival of a full-blown out-of-control situation.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Her mother\u2019s lack of discipline is turning the 10-year-old into a brat, and I\u2019m worried about her future.My stepdaughter has been a single mother for about five years. She\u2019s 45 and I recognize that it\u2019s tough raising a 10-year-old girl while holding a full-time job and routinely jousting with an uncooperative ex-husband. I try my hardest to take everything into account.At issue is my stepdaughter\u2019s unwavering adherence to this \u201cgentle parenting\u201d concept of child rearing that\u2019s currently in fashion.In my opinion, the child is developing into a brat who knows her mother will rarely issue meaningful discipline. Instead, her mother \u201creasons\u201d with her daughter until the next time the daughter\u2019s actions merit more \u201creasoning.\u201dI warn my wife that today\u2019s 10-year-old brat is tomorrow\u2019s teenager prone to dangerous impulses. My wife agrees, but has yet to seriously address the issue with her daughter, despite my repeated attempts to get her to act.Meanwhile, my stepdaughter and her child live nearby and at every visit I feel like I am walking on eggshells. Inevitably, the child will be told something she resents \u2014 usually by me \u2014 and the predictable hunched shoulders, fisted hands, and the all-too-familiar scowl will ensue as she stomps off and pouts, followed by her mother \u201creasoning\u201d with her about \u201cGrandpa\u2019s misstep.\u201dI\u2019m unable to do more than watch and simply await the arrival of a full-blown out-of-control situation.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0log into\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0subscribe\u00a0for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber?\u00a0Log in.Want all of The Times?\u00a0Subscribe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23871,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23869"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23872,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23869\/revisions\/23872"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}