Parenting style – so I was reading Today’s Parents and I asked PB what he thinks my parenting style is ? Am I a balancer? A dictator? An Indulger? The Pushover? – in which – PB replied that I was an Indulger – hahahahaha!!! I thought I was the balancer – but apparently not. So I read again – and true enough – the indulger is most likely to be someone who endured hardship when growing up. Yes! there were a lot of things that I don’t have while I was growing up – a lot of things I wanted, a lot of things I envied my friends for. While being an indulger parent may make Chloe feels like she has high self-esteem because she is so loved and given every thing in life – without trying, it can also hinder her growth. This has been proven correct because for the longest time, I wouldn’t let Chloe do things for herself, so when she did go to school, they thought that she had motor-skills problem – but in fact, she wasn’t at all.
Being the indulger parent, also doesn’t help Chloe deal with mistakes and frustrations – and as much as I want Chloe to be happy all the time, you and I know that she will be faced with trials and errors in life and the sooner she learns how to deal with it – the better the character building will be. Good thing – PB said he is the Balancer parent – hahah!