I read the article and it seems pretty reasonable. The kind of unstructured fantasy play that kids engage in isn't really suited for adults, mentally or physically. Parents shouldn't be afraid to let kids figure things out on their own with other children.
It's incredibly gynocentric and she's obviously projecting personal problems onto the entire concept of motherhood.
Who teaches kids how to play sports? Who teaches kids how to play a game with rules everyone can follow instead of making them up constantly and dominating others if they can get away with it? The kids? That's what Golding described in Lord of the Flies.
This is just another "working Mom", from a long line of them by the sound of it, who's looking to intellectually justify a) not engaging with her kids at their level (although I agree this can go to far) and b) not getting the kids to engage at her level.
She doesn't like playing "childish" games? Why doesn't she teach her kids adult games, with the hard rules she needs?
And, as I mentioned elsewhere, where's the father? He can't throw the ball around after work? Or does he have to cook and do dishes because she's too busy "writing"?
I predict that, when her kids grow up, they're going to move far away to pursue careers and she'll never hear from them again, which sounds like her optimal outcome.
I read the article and it seems pretty reasonable. The kind of unstructured fantasy play that kids engage in isn't really suited for adults, mentally or physically. Parents shouldn't be afraid to let kids figure things out on their own with other children.
What is your objection to this? The title?
Yeah, I was thinking the headline was a bit off-putting, but didn't exactly reflect what was detailed in the overall article.
I know sometimes headlines are changed or modified by editors for more "effect" (AKA, clickbait), so maybe that's what happened here?
It's incredibly gynocentric and she's obviously projecting personal problems onto the entire concept of motherhood.
Who teaches kids how to play sports? Who teaches kids how to play a game with rules everyone can follow instead of making them up constantly and dominating others if they can get away with it? The kids? That's what Golding described in Lord of the Flies.
This is just another "working Mom", from a long line of them by the sound of it, who's looking to intellectually justify a) not engaging with her kids at their level (although I agree this can go to far) and b) not getting the kids to engage at her level.
She doesn't like playing "childish" games? Why doesn't she teach her kids adult games, with the hard rules she needs?
And, as I mentioned elsewhere, where's the father? He can't throw the ball around after work? Or does he have to cook and do dishes because she's too busy "writing"?
I predict that, when her kids grow up, they're going to move far away to pursue careers and she'll never hear from them again, which sounds like her optimal outcome.