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#58. Economic Inequality as a Driver of Intensive Parenting
When the gap between rich and poor is high, parents turn childhood into a period of resumé building.
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#57. The Good Enough Parent Is the Best Parent
The attempt to be a perfect parent, or even a great one, is futile and possibly harmful.
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Peter Gray
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Responses to Comments Concerning the Harm of Intensive Parenting Beliefs
I respond here to questions about the definition of intensive parenting, why it is harmful, the difference between care for little kids and older ones…
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Peter Gray
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#56. Intensive Parenting Is Harming Parents as Well as Kids
Reflections provoked by the U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory on the Mental Health of Parents
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#55. What Do Kids at a Center for Self-Directed Education Do on Their Smartphones?
A Guest Post from Ben Draper at the Macomber Center
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Peter Gray
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#54. Social Norms, Moral Judgments, and Irrational Parenting
Fear of being viewed as a "bad parent" may lead parents to leash their kids even when they know the leash is harmful.
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#53. Parents’ Fear of CPS is a Major Deterrent to Kids’ Freedom
State child protective procedures can lead to the harassment of parents for doing the right thing.
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