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a parent is how But if the visit is too rushed， instead of a rite
)rn s a toddler， of passage it feels like passing through customs.
over， rnost par- Growth? Mark it on the chart. Developmental
r two children， milestones? Check them off. Blood test? Zap.
lowly: Immunizations? Zap， zap， zap， 7_ap， stamp the
~aby and well- card， Next!
that mark and Many parents think this is .just fine. It s easy;
he early child- to distrust expert advice about child rearing.
We are a self-reliant， individualistic bunch， and
， in the w， hirl of we don t appreciate somebody moralizing to us
rent， hold them about mothers going back to work， or babies
look， here we sleeping with or separately from their parents，
m， here s where or single parenting and divorce and custody， or
might want to whether to spank or not. All that seems like a
;it and the next matter for individual choice and freedom.
3ye now! Advise on nutrition and prevention of 1 lness
time to think， and injury: line. Discuss hard-core milestones，
s ahead， like rolling over and putting words into sen-
counters often tences: fine. Suggest ways of bathing， feeding，
hey re brief and d apermg， well， ok， if you want to take the time.
h in the way of But hands off our lifestyles.
;sed up. Worse ]his is not merely a justifiable resentment at
apple.juice and having to pay， for somebody s gratuitous per-
y unique these sonal opinion， but a real fear that if one or
~ions and eco- another expert governs the way we as a nation
and degree of raise our children， we ll get into heavy trouble.
isits uriite par- An unruly generation raised permissively. A
focusing on a wimp generation raised \"attached.\" A [ascist
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