Parenting and children: an essay.(Lifestyle)

We have had a fractured infrastructure in the parenting process for several generations. We now have young parents who have lost the skills of child rearing. Parents no longer have an extended family to assist them or close neighbors to play a vital role. We lack incidental learning on how to parent. As many parents of the last few generations were reared by television sets and absent parents, the art of child rearing is now lost to most young adults. That community of family and friends who used to assist with modeling child rearing is no longer available to young couples. Children are now reared by their friends, electronic devices, televisions, movies, and peers. Parents, ...

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