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They seem weirdly pathological, those parents who desperately sit by the mailbox waiting for a letter from their child at camp, or those who frantically search the camp's website looking for a candid picture of their child. But maybe they're not: maybe they're just the wave of the future.
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Funny little entry, but clever as well. I admit, I'm a sobber. But, no, I don't send my kids off to sleep away camp. In fact at four and three years old, my daughter and son rarely stay away from home unless they're visiting with other relatives. Still, anytime they're out I feel like I'm all body and no arms. It's admittedly sad and a bit pathetic, so I understand the "pathology" so to speak. It's outrageous the lengths and extent to which many parents are willing to go to ensure their progeny keeps that "I'm a princess" mentality, though.
Maybe it is the new wave, the post-illusionary family, like the evolutionary psychologists dream. Maybe it is the obsessive need to over-parent that drives mommies and daddies all over America to demand special privileges for their little darlings. Could be just a drop in social conscienceness and a switch from "I am" to a "Me-me" attitude that is vamping up the selfishness (not the same as individuality) fueling the helicopter parents of the universe.
Me personally, I tend to tag a "Maybe I think they're perfect because they're mine" onto any comment about my "brilliant" kids. I cry when they're gone. (And, nope, I don't stock the shelves at the free food pantry.) But, I sure take a break from parenting and relax, too.
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