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Consensual parenting? Thanks, but no!
I just heard on the radio this morning about something called consensual parenting. It's also referred to by some as consensual living.
The idea is that your child gets to help make the decisions, is taken seriously and treated as an equal in the household.
No thanks.
That's probably all you need to know to figure out what a bad idea this is, and to look into the future and see the spoiled brat never-grew-up adults they will become.
Here's a link to more information about this abdication of parenting.
An excerpt: "If we take the right to self-determination away from any individual, we are changing the course of their life, and may never come to know the person they were meant to become."
Right, why should you as parents get in the way of your children's fate, however horrible it may be? Go ahead, just hand them the joy stick to control their own lives, and see what happens.
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Comments
Wow, I've possibly never heard of such a bad idea. Doesn't mean your children shouldn't have some say into what goes on in the home, but the very fact that they are CHILDREN indicates their role. Just curious, if the children get an equal say in the house, should we start treating them as adults elsewhere? Perhaps we'll start requiring them to pay taxes, register for the draft, and earn a living? Seriously, the happiest kids I know are the ones who are loved and cherished by parents who also set limits and expectations for them.
Posted by: Amy | April 6, 2009 9:49 AM