How do people still trust the mainstream media when they publish shit like this
author of this is gonna be in a retirement home forgotten wondering why their kids don’t call them on their birthday
Here's the article if anyone wants to read it, and I recommend that you do if you're under the impression that every mother has the time, energy, personality and responsibility to be her children's playmate in addition to every other task she's responsible for, or of you think every child needs only reasonable amounts of parent playtime and responds only positively to every parent's attempt to engage with play.
This author spends quality time with her kids AND is raising people who can get their needs met in ways other than demanding things from only their closest and safest contact. Her children are imaginative, cooperative, intelligent, and not emotionally neglected.
The article is probably titled to capture the attention of parents whose kids can't enjoy themselves without near-constant undivided parental attention and who are exhausted. Those for whom playtime is a difficult and punishing endeavor due to child/ren who cannot be sated despite their best efforts and who fail to settle for alternatives because the children have it in their minds that their parents are supposed to provide for their every single need, including entertainment.
Parents *can't* be peers, and parental interaction *should not* prevent the development of imaginative and boredom coping skills. Parents who give in to play demands, with bad results, cripple their kids. Parents who recognize what makes their kids happy and capable empower their kids.
Anyway, read it. This is a good, thoughtful, responsive parent.
