Good enough parenting recognises that parental failure is an inevitable part of life, says this assistant professor of psychology.
Good enough parenting focuses on tuning in to and responding to your child’s emotions and needs. These needs will change over time. today - from feeding babies the “best organic purees” to making sure older children get all the developmental opportunities they could possibly need, while of course
“Good enough parenting” theory was developed by UK paediatrician and psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott in the 1950s.Commentary: Has modern-day parenting created children who are incapable of looking after themselves? This is important because life does not always go as we expect it to and children need to develop resilience.As a starting point, ask yourself: “what does my child need from me?”
At the same time, don’t try to “stop” emotions. Good enough parenting is about being there for your child if they are sad or angry, but not preventing them from being sad or angry in the first place. It can be helpful to think about suffering as not caused from emotional pain but from avoidance of uncomfortable emotions.
Commentary: Want your children to be resilient? Don’t shield them from the messiness of everyday life
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