B’s Reviews > The Price of Privilege: How Parental Pressure and Material Advantage Are Creating a Generation of Disconnected and Unhappy Kids > Status Update
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Affluent families tend to be quick to limit kids’ frustration and distress. Affluent kids haven’t had enough bad things happen to them. So they are unable to develop critical coping skills.
Parents have to be able to tolerate their children’s disappointment, resentment, and even anger when their wishes aren’ts granted, when they are pushed to work out problems on their own, or when they are furstrated.
— Jan 22, 2022 01:57PM
Parents have to be able to tolerate their children’s disappointment, resentment, and even anger when their wishes aren’ts granted, when they are pushed to work out problems on their own, or when they are furstrated.
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Authoritarian: Do as you’re told
Permissive: Do your own thing
Authoritative: We can work it out
“good parents alwaYs try to come back to a position of acceptance”
— Jan 25, 2022 10:56AM
Permissive: Do your own thing
Authoritative: We can work it out
“good parents alwaYs try to come back to a position of acceptance”
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- Create discussion opportunities at meal times
- Stay connected through 12-14
- Pay attention to subtext of interactions (loss, identity, independence, control)
— Jan 24, 2022 10:24AM
- Stay connected through 12-14
- Pay attention to subtext of interactions (loss, identity, independence, control)
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Children need to see that we value
- character first
- effort second
- grades third
— Jan 24, 2022 09:40AM
- character first
- effort second
- grades third
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Not confusing what you want and who you are with what your child wants and who they are
Well-loved children (unconditional support, soothed, helped to navigate difficulties, reassured of their value or ability to please others) believe they are worth caring about and come to care about themselves.
Concept of “internal home”
— Jan 23, 2022 04:54PM
Well-loved children (unconditional support, soothed, helped to navigate difficulties, reassured of their value or ability to please others) believe they are worth caring about and come to care about themselves.
Concept of “internal home”
