Re:Ask HN: What's your approach to raising kids?
by benj111 on Monday January 30, 2023 @04:53AM
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>The one thing you need to keep in mind is that ALL parents screw up their kids in some way or another, its impossible to be a perfect parent as humans are not perfect
I disagree. Imperfection is a feature. Kids can't just deal with perfect people all the time, they need to deal with the world as it is. That's not to say anything goes, but if the outcome of parenting is supposed to be a well adjusted adult some imperfection is good.
Try to talk to parents of older children and ask for their advice, try to also talk to parents that are outwith your own friends/culture circle too. Even if they've raised their kids in a wildly different way to how you have, their knowledge helps you decide how you want to parent, even if its the opposite of them.