We Need to Rethink 'Bad' Parents
by David Tobis
Time Magazine
“Kids who are neglected may be better off remaining with their families with additional support than put into foster care.”
We all make mistakes while parenting. We try to be a friend rather than a parent, or we are too strict when comfort is needed. We sometimes scold or hit when exasperation takes over, or we are negligent when depression creeps in. Imagine what our parenting would be like without resources to fall back on — like money, family, friends and connections — and what might be revealed if our lives were constantly scrutinized in public housing, in public hospitals, in public child care and at our child’s public school…