Boundaries for the Bigger Baby

By |August 24th, 2014|

I think Dr Michael Carr-Gregg makes an important point (though somewhat indelicately) in his recent interview with the ABC:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-23/crap-australian-parents-raising-a-generation-of-spoilt-brats/5691638

I have a bit to say about this issue in “Your Cherished Baby”. This is a short excerpt from the chapter on toddlers…… Young babies cannot be spoilt. For the first few months they rely on their carers so completely that it is hard to imagine a baby being cared for too much. The baby’s the boss and needs absolute security in all aspects of his life, and there is no danger in him learning ‘bad’ habits.

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