The children article wasn't telling parents to be cruel to children. It was saying that since the person writing the article was bad at playing with her children which led to her children not appreciating it when she tried, then you're probably also bad at it so you should do what she did, stop trying and let them play on their own. It was weird and stupid but it didn't say anything like that.
It's not the same though. What it says is actually kinda true sometimes, parents can be annoying in their attempts to play with children. It's not about emotional withdraw, that is just what the result may be. It's not a good article but it's not really comparable to the other one at all. The worst thing about it is the title tbh. Read it yourself and see: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2021/06/15/magazine/kids-play.amp.html
It's silly how the verdict seems to be "don't play with your children" when it should be "give them more space to play on their own if you see they don't have fun playing with you" but again, it's mostly the title. People should read past the title.
The children article wasn't telling parents to be cruel to children. It was saying that since the person writing the article was bad at playing with her children which led to her children not appreciating it when she tried, then you're probably also bad at it so you should do what she did, stop trying and let them play on their own. It was weird and stupid but it didn't say anything like that.
Also, I love the equating of children with the disabled.
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It's not the same though. What it says is actually kinda true sometimes, parents can be annoying in their attempts to play with children. It's not about emotional withdraw, that is just what the result may be. It's not a good article but it's not really comparable to the other one at all. The worst thing about it is the title tbh. Read it yourself and see: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2021/06/15/magazine/kids-play.amp.html
It's silly how the verdict seems to be "don't play with your children" when it should be "give them more space to play on their own if you see they don't have fun playing with you" but again, it's mostly the title. People should read past the title.
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