Raising kids in today’s world is a bit different then when we were kids. Parents just didn’t feel guilty about some of the things that current parents seem to feel guilty about, and they were probably right. Gluten was not even on 70’s and 80’s parents radar, homework was something for the kids to worry about and they didn’t do projects for their kids. Not scheduling our kids days to prevent boredom, and to much screen time. Lets take a page from their book and calm down a bit.

Key Takeaways:

• In the past, parents did not worry as much about everything their children were eating
• Children were in charge of getting their homework done without help much more often in previous generations
• Having nothing to do was not looked at as a problem to be solved in past generations

“Previous generations turned to friends or doctors or even (*gasp*) their own mothers and fathers for parenting advice.”

Read more: http://www.sheknows.com/parenting/articles/1134946/things-our-parents-felt-zero-guilt-about