The Journey: PCA Parent Podcast
Kids & Family:Parenting
Guest: Dr. Rick Fowler
Professor of Psychology at Truett-McConnell University
“Lawnmower parenting” - mowing down all the obstacles in the path of our children, trying to make life “easier” for our kids - is this the best strategy for our children long-term?
Dr. Fowler - if a child has a problem, I’d say it’s often 60% the problem of the parents!
When everything is done for our children, they don’t have to learn how to do anything. As a result, they expect things to be done for them…even when they become adults.
Most of the problems that our kids have are a result of the fact that too many parents want to be “friends” with their children.
How do we, as parents, move from doing things for our children to actually teaching our children how to do things on their own.
Parents, we need to also ask “what motivates us” - what do we hope to accomplish by training our children - what are our goals for our children?
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