How much do you love your children? With prom season approaching, it’s time for more competitive parenting | Zoe Williams
How much do you love your children? With prom season approaching, it’s time for more competitive parenting | Zoe Williams
When our kids are small, parents flex at each other over things such as food (crisps or not?), toys (wooden or plastic?), screens (none or loads?) – we’ll compete over anything. The toddlers don’t notice; they’re too busy squabbling over every resource
that isn’t infinite. That’s why everyone in this bracket always looks so tired. Then they all pretend it’s because they didn’t get enough sleep.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/11/how-much-do-you-love-your-children-with-prom-season-approaching-its-time-for-more-competitive-parenting
When our kids are small, parents flex at each other over things such as food (crisps or not?), toys (wooden or plastic?), screens (none or loads?) – we’ll compete over anything. The toddlers don’t notice; they’re too busy squabbling over every resource
that isn’t infinite. That’s why everyone in this bracket always looks so tired. Then they all pretend it’s because they didn’t get enough sleep.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/11/how-much-do-you-love-your-children-with-prom-season-approaching-its-time-for-more-competitive-parenting