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@katrina2017 I take your point about a lot CPS paranoia being caused by fear mongering—egregious overreaches are rare! But I remember when I was at university there was an “incident” in my small college town where a visiting Swedish professor’s wife had to deal with a police and CPS...

@katrina2017 Interesting! This was kind of her selling point—that these techniques were the only ones her “difficult child” responded well to. But I am always skeptical of any advice that claims to work for every child! No idea how my baby will be as a toddler but he is certainly a high...

@crafty The gist is that it trains children to respond to extrinsic motivation rather than cultivating intrinsic motivation. The child will do the right thing because they are seeking approval rather than knowing it’s the right thing. Per the book, it’s ok to occasionally praise general behavior...

@chonuff I love this!

@cameronb67 Yes! I thought about this a lot too and not just in the context of language but just experiences generally that I’m not able to provide by myself. I’m making a big effort now to hang out with friends and other local parents during the day, but yeah it’s not as easy as is it should...

@dinkold I definitely plan to stop narrating asap—it felt so bizarre to begin with but I’d been told how good it was for language acquisition so I forced it, but now I’m in the habit and I actually hate it! And I have seen Old Enough and think it’s great :) I mostly worry the car culture in my...

@the_precious_one Thanks, I’ll check it out!

@mynamestartswithj Yes I definitely want to read that book! Also there’s one she mentioned about the history of parenting guides dating back to 19th century orphanages that sounded so interesting (I’m listening to the audiobook and the one downside to this is not being able to look up these...

I’m currently reading Michaeleen Doucleff’s book Hunt, Gather, Parent. I’m trying to turn off the part of my brain that has a degree in anthropology.* But as a parenting guidebook it’s got very practical advice and interesting real world examples from the author’s own life and the families she...