green1706 Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 What is the ideal relationship between parents and children? This relationship should be more severe, parents imposing their terms automatically, or should it be a friendship? In the latter case, if the child benefit from parents' indulgence and do something stupid? I know that the situation varies from case to case, but I speak in general. My husband and I get ready to be parents again, we want to adopt for the first time, and therefore we want more opinions. So, what do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbrown Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 I think you must figure out the nature of parenting if you want to determine the proper relationship of parent to child. For me, parenting is the process of preparing a child for adulthood. The parent, thus, helps a child to become self-aware, long-range, independent, and rational. The two are not on equal footing and so the parent necessarily must assume some sort of authority at least in early childhood. I've got a lot more to say about this and am presently preparing the outline for an essay on the subject. When the time comes, I'll post a link here. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffS Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 green1706 - You might want to check out http://www.olist.com/ogrownups. It's a group for parents with mostly Objectivist members. You'd probably get a lot of good ideas by posting to that group. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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