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That's enough, kids
Itwas a lovely day at the park and Stella Bianchi wasenjoying the sunshine withher two children when ayoung boy, aged about four, approached her two-year-oldson and pushed him to the ground.
“I'dwatched him for a little while and my son was thefourth or fifth child he'dshoved,” she says.“I wentover to them, picked up my son, turned to the boy andsaid, firmly, ‘No, we don't push.’” Whathappened next was unexpected.
“Theboy's mother ran toward me from across the park,” Stella says.“I thought shewas comingover to apologise, but instead she started shouting at me for‘disciplining her child'. All I did waslet him know his behavior wasunacceptable. Was I supposed to sit back while her kid didwhatever he wanted,hurting other children in the process?”
Gettingyour own children to play nice is difficult enough. Dealing with other people'schildrenhas become a minefield.
Inmy house, jumping on the sofa is not allowed. In my sister's house it'sencouraged. For her, it's about kids being kids: “If you can't do it at three,when can you do it?”
Eachof these philosophies is valid and, it has to be said, my son loves visitinghis aunt's house. But I find myself saying “no” a lot when her kids are over atmine. That's OK between sisters butbecomes dangerous territory when you'retalking to the children of friends or acquaintances.
“Kidsaren't all raised the same,” agrees Professor Naomi White of MonashUniversity.“ Butthere's still an idea that they're the property of the parents.We see our children as anextension of ourselves, so if you're saying that mychild is behaving inappropriately, then that'ssomehow a criticism of me.”
Inthose circumstances, it's difficult to know whether to approach the childdirectly or the parentfirst. There are two schools of thought.
“I'dgo to the child first,”says Andrew Fuller, author ofTricky Kids. “Usually a quiet reminderthat ‘we don't do that here' is enough. Kids have finely tuned antennae (直觉) for how tobehave in different settings.”
Hepoints out that bringing it up with the parent first may make them feelneglectful, which couldcause problems. Of course, approaching the child firstcan bring its own headaches, too.
Thisis why White recommends that you approach the parents first. “Raise yourconcerns withthe parents if they're there and ask them to deal with it,” shesays.
Askedhow to approach a parent in this situation, psychologist MeredithFulleranswers:“Explain your needs as well as stressing the importance of thefriendship. Prefaceyour remarks with something like: ‘I know you'll think I'msilly but in my house I don't want...'”
Whenit comes to situations where you're caring for another child, White isstraightforward: “Common sense must prevail. If things don't go well, then havea chat.”
There'rea couple of new grey areas. Physical punishment, once accepted from any adult,is nolonger appropriate. “Now you can't do it without feeling uneasy aboutit,” White says.
Menmight also feel uneasy about dealing with other people's children. “Men feelnervous,” White says. “A new set of considerations has come to the fore as partof the debate about howwe handle children.”
ForAndrew Fuller, the child-centric nature of our society has affectedeveryone.“The rules aredifferent now from when today's parents were growingup,” he says, “Adults are scared ofsaying, ‘Don't swear', or asking a child tostand up on a bus. They're worried that there will beconflict if they pointthese things out—either from older children, or their parents.”
Hesees it as a loss of the sense of common public good and public courtesy (礼貌), and saysthat adultssuffer form it as much as children.
MeredithFuller agrees.“A code of conduct is hard to create when you're living in aworld inwhich everyone is exhausted from overwork and lack of sleep, and aworld in which nice peopleare perceived to finish last.”
“It'sabout what I'm doing and what I need,” Andrew Fuller says. “The days when a kidcamehome from school and said, ‘I got into trouble', and dad said, ‘youprobably deserved it', areover. Now the parents are charging up to the schoolto have a go at teachers.”
Thisjumping to our children's defense is part of what fuels the “walking on eggshells”feelingthat surrounds our dealings with other people's children.You know that if you remonstrate (劝诫) with the child,you're going to have to deal with the parent. It's admirable to beprotectiveof our kids, but is it good?
“Childrenhave to learn to negotiate the world on their own, within reasonableboundaries,” Whitesays. “I suspect that it's only certain sectors of thepopulation doing the running to the school—better-educated parents are probablymore likely to be too involved.”
Whitebelieves our notions of a more child-centred society should be challenged.“Today we havea situation where, in many families, both parents work, so theamount of time children get fromparents has diminished,” she says.
“Also,sometimes when we talk about being child-centred, it's a way of talking abouttreating ourchildren like commodities (商品). We'recentred on them but in ways that reflect positively onus. We treat them asobjects whose appearance and achievements are something we can beproud of,rather than serve the best interests of the children.”
Oneway over-worked, under-resourced parents show commitment to their children isto leap totheir defence. Back at the park, Bianchi's intervention (干预) on her son's behalfended in anundignified exchange of insulting words with the other boy'smother.
AsBianchi approached the park bench where she'd been sitting, other mums came upto herand congratulated her on taking a stand. “Apparently the boy had alongstanding reputation forbad behaviour and his mum for even worse behaviourif he was challenged.”
AndrewFuller doesn't believe that we should be afraid of dealing with other people'skids. “Lookat kids that aren't your own as a potential minefield,” he says. Herecommends that we don'tstay silent over inappropriate behaviour, particularlywith regular visitors.
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46. Accordingto Professor White, today’s parents treat their children as something they canbeproud of.
47. AndrewFuller suggests that, when kids behave inappropriately, people should not staysilent.
48. StellaBianchi expect the young boy’s mother to make an apology, when she talked tohim.
49. Theauthor say it’s possible for one to get into lots of trouble about dealing withotherpeople’s children.
50. Accordingto Professor Naomi White of Monash University,when one's kids are criticized,their parents will probably feel hurt.
51. Ina world where everyone is exhausted from overwork and lack of sleep, it’sdifficult tocreate a code of conduct.
52. Peopleused to put the blame on their kids when their kids got into trouble at school.
53. ProfessorWhite believes that the notions of a more child centred society shouldbechallenged.
54. Oneshould talk to them directly in a mild way when seeing other people’s kidsmisbehaveaccording to Andrew Fuller. x
55. Dueto the child centric nature of our society, people are reluctant to point outkids’ wrongdoings.