Grumpy Mum (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} hightext) wrote,@ 2004-11-09 23:53:00 |
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NSPCC = Nasty Sadistic Parents Persecute Children
I couldn't agree more. I can't find the remote fast enough to switch to another channel when an NSPCC ad comes on.
And I also found this piece of 'research' dubious in its conclusions, and just adding another flail to the Guardian/Observer collection of things we parents should beat ourselves up with. The researcher clearly had a point she wanted to prove with her research - namely that children should be allowed to express themselves freely otherwise they will be repressed adults, and therefore found evidence of stress in children's brain patterns when children are told not to cry or throw a tantrum. Personally, I think learning to repress wilder emotions is one of the important skills to learn in order to become a civilised adult. More repression would be helpful, it seems to me, looking at the way many adults now behave.
I couldn't agree more. I can't find the remote fast enough to switch to another channel when an NSPCC ad comes on.
And I also found this piece of 'research' dubious in its conclusions, and just adding another flail to the Guardian/Observer collection of things we parents should beat ourselves up with. The researcher clearly had a point she wanted to prove with her research - namely that children should be allowed to express themselves freely otherwise they will be repressed adults, and therefore found evidence of stress in children's brain patterns when children are told not to cry or throw a tantrum. Personally, I think learning to repress wilder emotions is one of the important skills to learn in order to become a civilised adult. More repression would be helpful, it seems to me, looking at the way many adults now behave.
