What Every Parent Needs to Know

 

Most people assume that families that are well educated and had more money are happier, or at least I thought so.  Well according to author David Code, his research found that wealthier families suffered more from stress.  Code counseled wealthy familes and found out firsthand that:

 

• A successful graphic designer had a daughter with ADHD who had been rejected by several private schools she had applied to.
• An entrepreneur practiced attachment-parenting with her son for years, including “babywearing” the child on her shoulder or back, and sleeping with him. But her son constantly threw tantrums, and his parents later divorced.
•  Several successful company presidents had children who barely finished high school.
• Even the relatively normal families I visited often had children with allergies, asthma, learning disabilities, ADHD, or mood disorders, and many were on medication.(Minow, D., Interview: David Code on How Parental Stress is Toxic for Kids)

The more research Code performed on families and stress, the more indication it gave him that infact the level of stress on families can become toxic.  Here is what Code believes every parent needs to know:

 

1) Kids pick up on everything, especially our stress and anxiety

2) This happens both in the womb and throughout childhood

3) The mind-body connection is a primal link between every parent and child

4) This mind-body connection contributes to problems in every family—it’s just a question of degree: from colic and food allergies to asthma and autism

5) This pattern is already epidemic in America, and it’s getting worse

6) This is not the mother’s or father’s fault. Today’s parents are more stressed-out because our social support networks are dwindling, and we don’t realize that, as our isolation increases, it drives up our stress levels. (Minow, D., Interview: David Code on How Parental Stress is Toxic for Kids)

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