Parenting: 10 things we do better than our parents

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10 things we do better than our parents (and in-laws)

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Well, if you listen to our parents and parents-in-law, you almost think we grew up in Bullerbü. So much freedom, so much nature, so much fun… Uh… well…

“Oh, how good you used to be,” is one of the favorite phrases of our parents’ and in-laws’ generation. And that’s just the first part of a discussion about day care, GPS trackers, cell phone addicts, and helicopter parents. Our children are too naughty. Our floors too dirty. Our life in a hurry. Be that as it may, we plead guilty to many counts. But not without first pointing the finger at the parents from the 70s and 80s. HA! Take that, you know-it-alls! Dear mums, dads and parents-in-law of the nice kind: You guys are great! You know nobody’s perfect…but for all of you who think you’ve eaten wisdom with a spoon, you definitely need the other side of the coin thrown in your face.

10 things we do better with our kids than our parents (and in-laws)

1. We pay much more attention to a healthy environment

Smoking in the car or in the apartment? Nothing in the 70’s and 80’s. Pooh devil! Even if you didn’t know how harmful that is to your health… The disgust factor for the kids alone should have been enough as an argument.

2. We “do not slip our hands”

It sounds so harmless, but it has stayed in our memories for a long time: the “slipped hand”, the “little slap”. Didn’t harm anyone? Let’s see differently. That’s why we would never raise a hand against our children.

3. We show our daughters that a good education is worthwhile

Yes, we don’t always like going to work and dropping off our little ones at daycare. But how else are we going to show our daughters that women can do just as much as men? We believe in doing the right thing when we go to work. Incidentally, we also believe that we are doing the right thing if we don’t do it again soon after the birth. It has something to do with tolerance. And with the freedom to shape your life. Whether you are a mother or not.

4. We don’t say, “What do you want the neighbors to think?”

Our children don’t grow up believing that their appearance is the most important thing in the world. What are we hoping for? That our children will grow up to speak up and speak the truth. Even when it hurts. We need more Gretas and fewer dodgers.

5. We make the effort to raise confident children

Which leads us straight to point 5. We do not make it easy for ourselves with our educational goals. Because self-confident children who are taken seriously are certainly more strenuous discussion partners than us conformist 70s and 80s kids. We leave sentences like “When the cake talks, the crumbs have to be silent” to Dieter Bohlen. Why? Because there are enough people who are constantly put in their place by the inner critic and don’t like themselves.

6. We know: A man is not a pension

We women know which insurance we have taken out and take care of our own money. CHECK.

7. We know how important happy parents are

Important, important, super important point. Maybe that’s the best lesson we teach our children. Happy people are good parents. This also applies to mothers in our generation. Point. We therefore take good care of ourselves, go to concerts, meet friends without taking the children with us and achieve our professional goals.

8. We show our sons that men can clean toilets too

Simply by getting the children’s dad on board. Macho guys are out. We also taught your sons that by the way.

9. We use child seats, bicycle helmets and SPF 50 sunscreen

We admit that some of you didn’t know any better. But you can save yourself sentences like “The sun didn’t harm you either”. Because she probably has. By the way, the skin cancer statistics prove us overcautious modern parents right.

10. We don’t dress our kids so awkwardly

It’s quite possible that our children will see things differently later on… but seriously: It doesn’t get any worse than the 80s and 90s outfits. Compared to the childhood photos of our offspring, we will definitely still win every UGLY award in 100 years.

barbara

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