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Today I'm thinking about blanket training after watching #ShinyHappyPeopleDoc .
A few years ago a young woman raised in Gothard visited us with her little ones. She put them on a blanket while we talked and they stayed there.
I was amazed! Now I'm horrified.
A few years ago a young woman raised in Gothard visited us with her little ones. She put them on a blanket while we talked and they stayed there.
I was amazed! Now I'm horrified.
For those who don't know: Blanket training was when you'd put a baby on a blanket, and put something they want just out of reach off of the blanket. When they went for it, you hit them until they would stop trying.
This way babies/toddlers will stay put & not in your way.
This way babies/toddlers will stay put & not in your way.
On further thought, blanket training is really anti-parenting.
Parenting is supposed to be about guiding your kids; responding to their curiosity, teaching them about the world, being involved with them.
This lets parents abdicate having to spend time with kids.
Parenting is supposed to be about guiding your kids; responding to their curiosity, teaching them about the world, being involved with them.
This lets parents abdicate having to spend time with kids.
When you've got more kids than you can handle, perhaps control becomes a defence mechanism (still wrong!).
But kids need our involvement and attention.
But kids need our involvement and attention.
https://twitter.com/rubyinparadise/status/1666100712659451907
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