Between parenting books, discussions on here, magazines, tv shows, and the many other areas in which parenting is the subject, it appears many people seem to believe there is usually one true way to raise children, their way.

How many parents, if they opt to breast feed are tolerable to those who bottle feed?

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I’m not talking about you personally. I’m talking about parents in general as a whole. Do you think parents (even when their children are at a young age) practice foresight? Do you think parents really take that responsibility to heart–almost like a job–and do their best?

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Why is it that the law requires people to take parenting classes before they become a foster parent, but..
When a couple is expecting a biological child, the law doesn’t require them to take any classes.

That sounds one-sided to me; shouldn’t all soon-to-be-parents be held to the same standards?
Why are temporary parents required to do stuff that permanent parents dont have to do?
I would think that permanent parents should have higher standards.
Why do the temporary parents have higher standards?

WOW i just read a article that gave info on parenting and discipline, apparently negitive reinforcement ect, is demeaning to children, upsets them and kurbs their creativity! wtf??? so now parents are to be their childs friends rather than parents i can see it now "i don’t discipline because it might hurt their feelings" but on the up side prisons are proving to be nice places!
Anyone elses thoughts on todays parenting???? sorry for the rant