I was on the web this morning, researching local children’s nonprofits and I noticed a listing of recommended parenting books. As I looked through all the titles and descriptions, I was thinking to myself-I could use that! It got me thinking, when you are new to parenting how do you know you need help? I mean how do you know you don’t know what you are doing—short of an intervention or legal action?
I think there are some obvious Do and Don’t examples out there to definitely follow (or avoid) like the. . .over zealous parents who caused that one Easter egg hunt to be banned this year because they couldn’t stand the idea of their kids failing at finding an Easter egg. An Easter egg!
I know I am probably boarding on the edge of what they call a “Helicopter-Tiger Mom,” but I like to think I am somewhat reasonable. Though I am sure there was at least one mom at the last Colorado Springs Easter Egg Hunt, knocking down other moms and any kid that made the mistake of getting in her way—thinking the exact same thing!
So how do you know when to intervene? When to know your kiddo needs to be pushed a little more and when to just give that mean kid on the playground the hairy eyeball? Just like the parenting books, I am sure there is a right answer for each kid/family out there! For my daughter, right now it seems a delicate ballet of push, pull, hairy eyeball—and usually it’s her giving ME the hairy eyeball!
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