Comment by dvhh
6 years ago
Parenting is also dependent on the environment and your culture (you as both parents). Western city culture tend to breed impatience, which helps a lot with being punctual, but screw up a lot with how we interact with people (including our kids).
I tend to think that as long as I can say to my kid that I am honestly proud of them, I know me and my partner haven't screwed up.
The bit about punctuality is really important. My eldest is 4.5yo, he only has a rough idea of time, and is only just understanding the idea of needing to be somewhere at a set time. So me getting frustrated with him because he's dawdling, isn't helping anyone and just brews up a conflict that he doesn't really understand. You literally end up arguing with someone who doens't understand why you are annoyed.