In an age where everyone seems to be curious about what parenting style is deemed effective, it's really not surprising to learn that some parents end up being unhappy. In fact, a new research about intesive parenting reveals a sting in the tail findings - well-educated parents are miserable parents.
Based on a previous Parent Herald report, a study published in the Journal of Marriage and Family, researchers discovered the evolution of parenting and how education levels affected the parents' child-rearing approaches. Even though recent findings revealed that well-educated or college-educated parents have been spending more time with their kids, a new study emerged saying better-educated parents often end up unhappy.
According to MercatorNet, the findings suggested that there were three possible factors that make well-educated parents unhappy. As outlined, the first reason was due to the fact that educated parents adopt the intensive parenting approach, in which the main focus are the best child-rearing practices and the developmental progress of children.
Another reason why well-educated parents end up the most miserable child-rearing custodians is the pressure from the society on the way they raise their kids. Lastly, parents really have a "miserable existence." However, the findings published on Child & Family Blog have raised some eyebrows from well-educated parents who are far from being miserable.
Despite the fact that these findings were more experienced by mothers, the study also revealed that well-educated dads are the unhappiest too. Highly educated fathers have reportedly found "less meaning and unhappiness" in their childcare responsibilities.
With that said, researchers pointed out the their findings should be a warning to some parenting experts who advocate interactive and intensive parenting as the best child-raising approach, citing the detrimental effects of such parenting style to parents and also to a child's well-being. The study also suggested how the unhappiness of well-educated parents could lead to risks for parents' relationships fallout.
Meanwhile, the claims that well-educated parents are the unhappiest have raised some eyebrows among educated parents and are still up for debate. As a matter of fact, Tamara El-Rahi of MercatorNet said that not all well-educated parents are the most miserable ones if and only if they know how to look after their own wellbeing and make time for themselves to de-stress from all the clutters of their parenting lives. After all, there's really no such thing as "one-size-fits-all" in parenting.
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