Are Children Too Coddled?

Taking some time off from writing about the horrors of modern day politics, I have decided to take a look at one subject that often fascinated, not because it effects me personally, it doesn’t but, because as a political writer it is in my own best interest to try and scope the future landscape of possible situations that may effect our country. And with children being our future, so the saying goes, it seems as good a place as any to focus on. So the question that must be asked is, “are children too coddled.”

I’m not referring to the dangers of overall society here. More to the point, I’m more concerned with how over protective some parents maybe. For example, if a single parent were to decide to date again, common wisdom would suggest that the parent would have to dance in a mine field to have a life again. The processes would have to now include a negotiations process with the children before one could even hope to reach first base as it were. The fear is that the child would feel neglected or pushed aside for the new person in the parent’s life. While it is true that the single parent has to be careful in introducing a new person to the life of their child, it would seem that there has to be a trust in the child’s ability to cope with adversity. That is to say that any change in the life of the subjects should not become an over dramatized play for power between the child and parent.

The mother or father will have to introduce the “friend” to the child and explain that this new person is now a apart of their lives. Needless to the parent will have to focus on their child or children’s needs both emotionally and psychologically.  But there has to be an understanding by the child that they are going to have adversity in their life and, they are going to have to adapt to said situation.

For any single parents that want to chime in, I would like to hear your thoughts.

Until next time.

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