ebznflows Posted July 26, 2014 Posted July 26, 2014 http://m.washingtonpost.com/news/parenting/wp/2014/07/18/are-you-raising-nice-kids-a-harvard-psychologist-gives-5-ways-to-raise-them-to-be-kind/?wpsrc=AG0003381 Something about this article hit me wrong. Maybe it was the lack of "no spanking" or "listen and show empathy towards your child" on the list. Instead it's all "talk about being nice" What do you think?
adaywillcome Posted July 26, 2014 Posted July 26, 2014 Yeah, bogus article. They say you shouldn't teach your child "The most important thing is that you’re happy". But that is exactly the first thing to allow them to accept. The virtue of their natural selfishness. If we don't care for ourselves first, it's just self-sacrifice and not giving respect or justice to the other person.
NameName Posted July 26, 2014 Posted July 26, 2014 The first three reasons are basically the same, and basically are erase yourself and live for others. Maybe #5 wouldn't be a problem if they didn't do #1-3
Sir Exotic Posted July 26, 2014 Posted July 26, 2014 They first start off saying: And a couple sentences later: So we should teach our kids to be grateful for everything, even the small things, but not be grateful(rewarding can also be showing appreciation) for the small things they do?Huge contradiction there. What do you guys think?Edit: This article is not about how to raise kind kids, this tells you how to create slaves to serve the happiness and wishes of other people. 1
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