What is a puddle parent?
That means a lot of different things to families. What makes one puddle parent might not make another.
Puddle parents aren’t worried about where their kids will go to college; they worry about whether or not their kid will choose a career that will lead to personal fulfillment, be it bricklaying or academic research. They don’t tend to shuttle their kids to after school activities, unless the kids ask for it. If they do, they give their kids a range of choices based on what they seem to enjoy — not what’s popular or what they think will lead to a scholarship.
American kids are stressed out. William Stixrud, clinical neuropsychologist and faculty member at Children’s National and the George Washington University School of Medicine, Even their out-of-the-house activities are designed not to pressure them to do things the right or wrong way. We stress that, in our house, there are generally no black and white answers. Mama says no to fart jokes in front of her; Daddy loves them. Mama will let you sing the f-word; Daddy will not.
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