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Hi -
I have a friend who does the following with his child, and he claims to have read all the Parenting magazines and literally calls himself an "expert" on raising kids (he has one, that is 2 yrs old so far). He disagrees with me that these things are detrimental to his child's physical and mental health. He says its very common to do these things as a parent. Naturally I disagree. I wanted to get everyones opinion on what YOU think about the commonality of these things, as well as the safety of them. 1. Allows 1 1/2 yr old to drink sips of their margarita, beer, etc. Thinks its funny/entertaining. Did it in public in front of several other people. 2. Allows child to finish off their coffee for them. Again, a 1 and a half year old. 3. Puts child out in Arizona midday sun for 1 to 2 hours per day. Child constantly has a "Tan". 4. Refused to get any immunizations for the child whatsoever. 5. Allows child to stay up to midnight nearly every night, very often extending to 2 or 3am, and sleeps in till noon. 6. Child is allowed to watch "The Hulk" movie. Now child stands in front of television with literal horror on his face, making viscious angry facial expressions and growling while squatting. Child is now hitting other kids, and walks around with Hulk blowup doll smashing everything. Parents think its "Funny" and harmless. 7. Bring child into smoke filled casino in Las Vegas at 4am, still awake. Casino owners repeatedly reprimanding parents for bringing child into casino area. They think casino owners are "dumb". 8. Puts child into pool fully clothed, doesnt bother to get him out of his day clothes first. After swimming, hands soggy fully clothed child to grandma to take care of. I am good friends with these people, but I have major issues with the things they're doing. Naturally I run the risk of the whole "Don't tell us how to raise our child!" thing, but to me, these are not only crazy, they're dangerous to the childs physical and mental health. My only reason in posting is to get the opinion of as many other parents as possible, so that maybe my friend will acknowledge that he is wrong. What say Ye? |
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HairlossTalk.com wrote:
I am good friends with these people, but I have major issues with the things they're doing. Naturally I run the risk of the whole "Don't tell us how to raise our child!" thing, but to me, these are not only crazy, they're dangerous to the childs physical and mental health. For the most part they are not the choices I would make but I don't think any of them rise to the standard of child endangerment. I do find it hard to believe that he is finding support for these things is parenting magazines. I think that if you express your concerns that he will say exactly what you predict above. I doubt it will help the child and will probably strain the friendship. -- CBI, MD |
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"CBI" wrote in message ink.net... HairlossTalk.com wrote: I am good friends with these people, but I have major issues with the things they're doing. Naturally I run the risk of the whole "Don't tell us how to raise our child!" thing, but to me, these are not only crazy, they're dangerous to the childs physical and mental health. For the most part they are not the choices I would make but I don't think any of them rise to the standard of child endangerment. I do find it hard to believe that he is finding support for these things is parenting magazines. I think that if you express your concerns that he will say exactly what you predict above. I doubt it will help the child and will probably strain the friendship. I wonder with these choices whether the friendship is worth it. I pretty much agree with CBI, although I would argue that bringing the kid into a smoke-filled room at 4 am and letting the kid in the sun is rather irresponible, at best. Jeff -- CBI, MD |
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although I don't think any of it is abusive, it sounds to me like your
friend is trying to raise the world's littlest redneck. |
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