May 22, 2013
I never judge what a parent decides is too overwhelming for them. My own mother outsourced toilet training to my grandmother. Each of my siblings were invited to stay the night at grandma’s house when it was time to lose the diapers. It took Yiyi one day when it would take mom weeks or months.
The article, Too busy to teach your child to ride a bike? Outsource it! – TODAYMoms describes a trending business that some are calling lazy parent enabling.
I don’t claim to be the exclusive teacher of any skill, especially car driving. My nearly 19 year old daughter just can’t get the hang of it even though she went to driver’s ed.If here was a similar service for teaching children how to tie shoes…I would be paying for that one! Fortunately my children had Uncle Kyle to take over that one.
What skills do you let others teach your children?