GrannyGravy13
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missdeke
So many parents these days have to leave child rearing to others as they have to go out to work. Children often receive conflicting views from their carers, whoever they are, and with all the pressure they get from social media and tv reality programs to conform to so called social norms it's no wonder that they grow up with only thoughts for their own survival. I feel so sorry for children today, so few have normal family lives learning respect and civilised behaviour.
Anecdotal I know, but my children were both at nursery full-time from the age of six months. They learnt plenty about respecting and co-operating with others - far more than if they'd have been stuck at home with me. When they started primary school, in both cases teachers commented to me how mature my children were in relationships with others.
Totally agree our children had a mixture of a Nanny until old enough for Nursery (aged 3 for the boys and 2 for DD)
They were/are polite, socially adjusted and took to school like proverbial ducks to water.
There are and always have been bad eggs not all come from problem families.
Not all sibling groups are either all bad or good maybe some individuals are just wired differently?
Obviously not all children turn out damaged, your children were lucky to have stable relationships within and outside of your home, unfortunately not all children do. Parents can often be too tired, too pressured by money worries and guilt for not being able to provide the sort of homelife that they would ideally like to give, that it becomes a rolling ball of conflict that affects the children. I too was lucky with the external care I had for my children but not eveyone is,
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