tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7525848878710274126.post6004627744928192202..comments2024-02-14T10:12:46.994+00:00Comments on From My Kitchen Table: PARENTS - WAKEY WAKEYBarbara Scullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14311532447861613731noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7525848878710274126.post-88976666074191534952014-05-10T22:46:39.537+01:002014-05-10T22:46:39.537+01:00None of this is remotely surprising to me (more...None of this is remotely surprising to me (more's the pity) as I've long been a therapist for the age group you are discussing. Waking up is indeed the answer - deciding what is important to us in our lives - do we want to be 'cool' parents or present parents? My kids are old, my step-kids entering their twenties and I have grand-kids from 2 months to 14 yrs. And while I agree in principle with you Anthony I don't think women should wait for men around them to wake up and cowboy-up. Nor, if it happens to be the men in children's lives who are being conscious should they wait for the women. I do agree it is not a women's issue - it is a humankind issue and paramount in changing the world. If there is no respect for half the population nothing will further.Jan Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12727266796590751202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7525848878710274126.post-75100847229372357722014-05-10T11:19:51.898+01:002014-05-10T11:19:51.898+01:00No argument, but you have to wonder what men are d...No argument, but you have to wonder what men are doing about this. It's persistently reported on as a women's issue, but it's not, really. It is about how young men are brought up, socialised, and parented, and about the roles of fathers in teaching their sons.Ballinteosig Libraryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02843278035905601317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7525848878710274126.post-12889380062754071862014-05-10T08:24:18.577+01:002014-05-10T08:24:18.577+01:00This is eye-opening, sobering stuff - my eldest g...This is eye-opening, sobering stuff - my eldest girl is six so I have no idea about this side of parenting yet. I don't know yet what conversations I can have to protect them but staying informed on what's out there feels like a good first stepOffice mumhttp://officemum.ienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7525848878710274126.post-4264632093111653542014-05-09T12:50:14.954+01:002014-05-09T12:50:14.954+01:00I saw that programme too. I was disturbed and upse...I saw that programme too. I was disturbed and upset by it. I would have thought that the recent high-profile court cases involving men in the media who thought it was ok to grope girls many years ago but are now getting their 'comeuppance', would be a good example to today's youngsters but it would seem that things are getting worse not better. I worry for my grandkids.Rosalind Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05363027308436257933noreply@blogger.com