Parenting advice has gotten really complicated. There’s something new every day, and it’s filled with contradictions. Every time you think you understand something, it changes. All of this is a huge source of anxiety for many parents.
As a psychiatrist on the front lines of healthy youth development, I’ve worked with over 3,000 young adults. And as a mom of three kids, I’ve spent two decades on both sides of the journey through parenthood.
But parenting doesn’t have to be complicated. Here are five simple rules to help you navigate the way-too-much-counterproductive-information age.
good for language development.
But if you take kid who loves trucks to a singing class, you might make a lot of people unhappy, starting with yourself and your kid.
Do you know what else is good for language development? Spending half the day watching a construction site! Many construction vehicles have names that are long and difficult to pronounce, but a kid who likes heavy machinery will outstrip your truck vocabulary in a week or two. You’ll find yourself wondering why you have never contemplated questions like: What’s the difference between a backhoe and an excavator?
One of the great joys of parenthood is seeing the world through their eyes. Follow them as often as you can.
