04-26-2016, 10:21 PM
(04-26-2016, 12:13 PM)fredtoast Wrote: But they rebel against oppressive parenting.
Here is my take on it. Parenting is like coaching. Different kids respond to different parenting styles, just like different players respond to different types of coaching. When I was playing sports I was never impressed by a coach screaming his head off like a mad man. To me that just looked stupid. But it did work with some other players.
The best parents are like the best coaches. They can tell what style of parenting/coaching works with each individual. People are different, and if you think one plan works on them all you won't be very successful at motivating them.
I agree very much with the above post. It was articulated by a wise person this way (when answering a question about child rearing): treat them [kids] all the same by treating them different. I know some very successful coaches adhere to this philosophy with athletes as well.
JOHN ROBERTS: From time to time in the years to come, I hope you will be treated unfairly so that you will come to know the value of justice... I wish you bad luck, again, from time to time so that you will be conscious of the role of chance in life and understand that your success is not completely deserved and that the failure of others is not completely deserved either.
