The Problem With Only Children
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I thought this brief article (from Canada’s top newsmagazine, “Maclean’s”) was an excellent summary of the sometimes unhealthy triangle I have observed between parents and their only child. It also addresses the question of whether overparenting stems from true love, or a parent’s hidden agenda:
http://www.macleans.ca/culture/lifestyle/article.jsp?content=20080430_106899_106899
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David Code is an Episcopal minister, family coach, writer, and founder of The Center for Staying Married & Raising Great Kids. Read more about his work at http://DavidArthurCode.com.
Kids pick up on everything, and research shows that children can "catch" their parents' stress just like they catch a virus—soaking up the stress that pervades a household until their developing nervous systems reach "overload." Then kids act-out, or get sick.
