Comments on: What are the biggest parenting mistakes today?

By: arial39

arial39 — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:04:18 +0000

Lack of discipline, and trying to be their “friend” instead of a parent.

By: beckychr007

beckychr007 — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:12:34 +0000

not spending enough time with them, not spending enough quality time with them, lack of discipline, over structured (not enough time to be kids), not instilling ethics and morals, not encouraging reading, not enough spanking

By: Carla O

Carla O — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:48:00 +0000

Spanking - parents who spank teach violence.

By: Heart's in the 808

Heart's in the 808 — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:52:27 +0000

Biggest Mistake Ever…Spending Little TIME with your Children…95% of Parenting Issues would be solved if Parents would spend more time with their kids.

Lack of Proper and CONSISTENT Discipline

Parents not knowing their children’s Friends…”Show me your friends and I’ll TELL you WHO you are”

Parents NOT Listening to their Children.

Parents NOT talking to and REALLY getting to know their Kids as Individuals.

Not saying I LOVE YOU on a DAILY basis

Not Hugging, Kissing and showing Physical Affection DAILY…Kids Need LOVE and DISCIPLINE to Grow.

And Finally…Parents that soothe their conscience for NOT doing the above mentioned by Over-Indulgence of their Children with Material Possessions

By: rosiereal

rosiereal — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 09:08:52 +0000

Being far too lenient. Letting the little darlings ‘express themselves’ to the detriment of other people. Being afraid to punish bad behaviour in any way, instead only focusing on the good. Giving their opinions as much value as those of adults - duh! They’re kids! By their very nature they know less about everything! Listen, sure, but you don’t have to take them too seriously. I work in a shop, and the amount of times I hear parents asking their tiny children which coat/shoes they want drives me crazy. She’s 2! She doesn’t care that it’s freezing out, or raining. She wants the pink one!

By: Cinderella the Great

Cinderella the Great — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:41:57 +0000

The biggest mistake I see is giving too much to our children without the fundamentals of how obtaining something works. It teaches our children that all they have to do is want it and it’s theirs. Back in my day kids got paper routes, cut lawns and babysat for those big ticket wants and used their allowance (which they received by doing chores) for the candy store, movies and ice cream. Too many people today are looking for that “Get rich quick” scheme, so they don’t have to work for what they want. I think this is largely due to being handed things as children instead of working for them. Handing things to kids without them working for it teaches poor money management and poor work ethics, which will effect the economy even more in the future.

By: letterstoheather

letterstoheather — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:48:44 +0000

from my own observation —

neglecting their emotional health.

believing that ipods and computers and cell phones will make up for the fact we don’t spend any quality or family time with them.

By: sylvery_fae

sylvery_fae — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 17:58:57 +0000

letting the media raise the kids.

By: kimmiandbump

kimmiandbump — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:36:49 +0000

spoiling them, giving in to every little whim….

my goddaughter is so spoilt its unbelievable, shes 8, shes already had 4 phones (all on contract!!!!) shes has xbox360, playstation 3, psp, wii, ds lite, iphone, ipod and a 40″ l.c.d tv in her room (that her mother RENTS she doesn’t even own it!!!!!!!) she used to be a sweetie but shes becoming such a brat its really hard to spend time with her, and the way she speaks to her mother is appalling, if she ever spoke to me like that she’d be nursing a smacked arse. ive actually had to tell her off in front of her mother for the way she speaks to her (her mother is too lazy to discipline). when she bought her her first phone (just because she asked for one) she came to her three days later and said “mum this phone is rubbish you can only get 30 songs on it” ….so what did my friend do? BOUGHT HER ANOTHER ONE!!!!! now if she was mine i would of said “oh?, is it rubbish?, i’ll have it back then” i’ve tried hinting that she needs to pull it back abit because as shes getting older things are getting more expensive and once she goes to high school this ‘pampered princess’ attitude isnt going to wash with the other kids- and she’s going to end up being bullied.

rant over- lol. basically spoiling your kids does them, and you, far more harm than good.

By: lilmzzgreeneyez

lilmzzgreeneyez — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:30:08 +0000

My own biggest parenting flaw is that i gave my older daughter too many sweets when she was younger and now she has some cavities (which have been attended to now) and that sometime i cant say no to my daughters when they ask for something…..lol but the biggest flaw i see in other parents is when they let their kids do anything that they want and do not set some limits and give their kids phones, ipods, full access to the internet at such young ages. i mean if a child is under 16 they shouldnt even be allowed to use the computer if its not kidsafe already. sorry for those 14-15 year olds, but they really arent mature enough to know whether someone is trying to find them and do them harm. I learned that the hard way on my own.