Posted on 07/16/2008 3:35:47 PM PDT by spectra
Are you a "kid-sick" parent?
If so, have hope. You've been diagnosed. And all you need is a good "parent-ectomy" to cheer you up.
The Associated Press reported July 12 that many American parents are afflicted with a malady some experts dub "kid-sickness." Contrary to what you might think, this "sickness" is not about parents who are sick of their kids. It's about parents who actually want to spend time with their kids. And it's considered an ailment needing a cure.
This summer, more than 10 million children are attending recreational camps across America. And according to Boston-based family therapist Bob Ditter, many of their parents are missing them while they're gone.
Pointing to a developing cultural shift in how parents interact with their kids, Ditter observes that this "kid-sickness" particularly affects parents in their 30s and 40s who experienced being "latchkey kids" during the 1970s and '80s. "They came home to an empty house, and they don't want their kids to go through what they went through," he says.
Eve Pidgeon in Michigan remembers the days when most mothers stayed home with their children. She describes the overwhelming sadness she felt when her child left for a camp last summer: "It was nothing for our mothers to send us away for two months. We were their jobs 24 hours a day, so perhaps they needed a respite. They perhaps didn't ache for their kids on a daily basis, as working parents do."
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Not sure I’d describe loving your kids as a “sickness”.
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Everything is a “sickness” these days.
There ought to be a cure for therapists
I feel withdrawal symptoms when I am away from my kids too long. The grace of God inside them gives me strength.
caused by global warming
Therefore, it should be covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act. I need paid time off to take the kids to Six Flags, canoeing, and maybe just a few days hanging out at home with them. I should feel better then.
I don’t have children of my own, but I think every kid should have the opportunity to go away to camp each summer- and I’d be willing to split the cost with my next door neighbors.
Is this suppose to “It Take’s a Village”?
I think it’s supposed to be like ‘homesickness’, only for your kids. In any case, I agree that every kid should have a chance to go to summer camp.
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