SINGAPORE — An area Reddit consumer commented that he had heard from his mates that it was troublesome to feed their kids, “like they actually must beg them to eat or cooperate with something in any respect.”
u/grampa55 went on to marvel in a publish on r/askSingapore on Monday (Feb 6) if it’s true “that youngsters are actually more durable to take care (of) these days? If sure, what may very well be the rationale behind (it)?” writing that he had heard “elder people saying their youngsters dare not behave the identical means as their grandchildren do.”
A full of life dialogue adopted, with many Reddit customers commenting on their opinions on being a guardian as we speak versus being one within the years passed by.
One reply that obtained a variety of upvotes had the netizen saying that parenting model has modified these days and never kids per se.
“I believe the youngsters are the identical what modified is parenting. Older gen most likely view new age parenting the place you ask youngsters properly to do issues as ‘begging’ and like the beating methodology. After all youngsters don’t dare to misbehave (a minimum of in entrance of you) should you beat them.”
“It’s extra like dad and mom of present era didn’t wish to repeat errors of older era and lead with their very own model,” one other agreed.
One Reddit consumer appeared to carry know-how accountable for a minimum of some parenting points.
“Solely arduous should you don’t use the smartphone or pill as a babysitter, allow them to be consoomed (sic) by large tech algorithm,” he wrote.
One other wrote that expectations are a lot larger now than they had been in earlier generations.
“Sure, as a result of expectations and suggestions are a lot larger. Ranging from beginning, should strive your finest to breastfeed, should watch out for SIDS so can not let the child sleep within the sarong or swing, should do tummy time, should do enriching actions with the child, should keep away from screens earlier than 1.5 or is it 2, and so on and so on. Then there are such excessive expectations for getting into Main 1 after which in class.
And in the meantime, most youngsters are in dual-income households so the mother particularly has a lot to juggle.
Gone are the times when the neighbourhood youngsters hand around in one large gang with large ones caring for the little ones, play outdoors all afternoon till mother completed cooking dinner.”
Talking of old-school parenting, right here’s one instance you could wish to examine that displays precisely that. /TISG
‘That is referred to as parenting’: Netizens slam one that took a video of a mum smacking toddler for ‘virtually 30 minutes’ at Hougang pool
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