The Child Trap Article

I see some truth in the article, but I also think that there were a lot of nonsense claims.  I do agree with Marano that DVDs like Little Einstein are a scam.  I think that your brain continues to grow and sculpt after infancy and toddler age because you cannot learn everything that early in life.  I believe that much may be formed during that time, but it is not complete until much later in life.  I also agree that over parenting spoils a child, but I think it can also be good as well.  Over parenting goes to far when a child can run around screaming while the parents ignore it.   On the other hand I do not think over parenting always includes anxiety and the need to achieve.  I think if the child is being spoiled then it does not matter how the child does in school, but according to Marano over parenting puts extra stress on the child.

I think Honoré ‘s claim about over sanitation developing more allergies in children is true.   I do not think Honoré’s claim about high self-esteem in children is not making them get better grades is true.  It may be true for many children, but I think there is half who have the opposite occur, and do succeed.  I think that Cross makes a great point about boys not wanting to grow up.  He said boys do not want to grow up because they do not dominate the world anymore.  I agree with this because power is shifting and I think males feel inferior because they are not used to it.  I think there is a lot of truth to this article, but I also think there are parts that do not sound as legitimate. 

I know someone who can be related to this article.  This person had parents who forced them to do sports.  They were forced to play sports that they hated and this was not fair.  Their parents just pushed things on them, just like the article talked about.  Their parents pushed them to be a specific profession, but they are not pursuing it.  This person fits into the description of this over parenting article perfectly.