you are right, everyone is a teacher but not because they give us something but because we take.
If we took something from someone, he taught us something.

I know what you mean when you say that reading is a form of learning but I think that implementing is the real learning. even things we learn from our parents, friends, professional teachers of from enemies, we need to implemented.

I am not sure that concept that were fine for 100,000 years are 100% relevant today because we live in a different world.
I am sure some people find the concepts still relevant today.
Some people need scientific proof that something is good, though I like science and research I am reminding you that I am an educator and am familiar with research that was done on 3 kids and still valid today and research done on 1000 kids that means nothing at all.

I am sure that it worked for them.
I recommend parents to examine every concept and find out if it works for them. It does not need to be right for everyone It just needs to work for you.

I had two nephews born a day apart. The younger sister ( she is a social worker with 3 degrees and one of them in psychology. She is very familiar with all parenting concepts) chose to go with "attachment parenting". The older sister ( premature baby and special education degree)did not like that idea and is very much into routine and scheduling.

Maybe I should ask you ( or anyone else reading this comment) Which one of them is having fun and which one is not?
( by the way, both of them love the parenting and enjoy it very much but one of them is struggling and the other one is not)

tell me what you think.
I will tell you what is happening in their reality and why I think it is happening.

Happy day
Ronit

The Ku Klux Klan teaches their family and others that blacks and Jews are bad. Adolf Hitler taught about the Nazi movement. He even had Nazi Youths. Children learn from parents, teachers and others.

I learned a lot from books. I have read more books than most people have heard of. Recently I read the 3 books by Daniel Quinn (Ishmael, My Ishmael and The Story of B). His book, Ishmael, won the $500,000 Turner Tomorrow Fellowship award for the book to save the planet earth. Some schools and colleges now require students to read it.

Since I had that information from the book The Continuum Concept that taught the way that babies have been brought up for 100,000 years,, there has been further development in the medical community. There is now a massive scientific book called The Baby Book by 4 MDs and and a registered nurse. Has it worked for them? Yes, the one MD is Dr Sears and the RN is his wife and the 3 other doctors are their sons!

They call it attachment parenting and baby wearing. They even have scientific studies about baby wearing. Also the the people who had brought babies up the same way for 100,000 thousand years had been called "Godless savages" by Chistians just like the black slaves, native Americans, Incans and the Aztecs. But the above MDs are prominent Christians so they are not "Godless savages."

Note if you do not beleive me do a Google search for "Godless savages" and other things mentioned above.

I am working on the self-esteem chapter about parents self esteem and how this is a cycle that we need to stop.
Parents with law self esteem – Never hugged, never heard a nice word, raise kids with low self esteem - never hugged, never heard a nice word, that raise kids…

You should be proud of yourself for stopping the cycle.

There you have it, nice words and a hug

Hugs
Ronit
http://www.ronitbaras.com

Thank you for your comment.
It is valid that there are things the world research now that was known for many years. However, I still think that what was right 80 years ago is not right today.
Chuck referred to someone who wrote a book and researched a topic. I can understand that. We all do that. Look for supporting legs to our beliefs and actions.

By the way, I don't know about your grandmother but my grandmother wasn't the person to tell me that.

Happy day

Ronit
http://www.ronitbaras.com