Parenting The Fine Line Essay

Essay 2: Parenting: The Fine, Fine Line Parenting: when life makes you juggle a million things while raising a mini-me into a decent and successful human being while the child alternates between working with you and doing everything he or she can to be the antithesis of what you say or embody. It is one of (if not the most) difficult jobs in the world. Parents attempt to raise their kids to be successful and responsible. Meanwhile, they attempt to have a lasting and impactful relationship with their child that is made up of more than do this, don’t do that, and why would you ever even consider doing that. It is a delicate balance of letting your child make their own mistakes and grown into their own identity and making sure your child doesn’t …show more content…
Because Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds allow their children to help establish the rules their children may attempt to take that outside their household. They may go to school and constantly question their teacher’s rules and may even flat out refuse to follow since they didn’t have a say in them. They may refuse to follow rules when they don’t have an explanation why they must, when the rule is in place because it enables the functioning of the greater whole, even though it may not make since from their perspective. They may continue to believe that they are the ones to make the rules in situations where one must simply accept that they have to follow the …show more content…
Since the Reynolds have open lines of communication and attempt to have fair and milder forms of punishment that their children and them have established they can avoid many of the pitfalls that plague the Foxes and their children. The open line of communication that began to speak about punishment can grow into a relationship where the children feel comfortable and safe enough to go to their parents when they have made a mistake or are out of their depth. They don’t fear their parents or a spanking and are going to be willing to take risks and think critically for themselves. What began as questioning the rules of their parents can develop into questioning unethical laws and immoral orders from those in positions of authority. When they Reynolds as a family establish rules and consequences together the children are show that everything has a consequence and not knowing is not an excuse for not following the rules. The Reynolds children are not going to be under insane pressure from their parents to excel and don’t fear (or are wary of) their parents. They are allowed to grow into functioning adults. They may grow into adults that are emotionally and intellectually developed into adults that can for relationships based on trust and communications and are able to think critically about the world around