que no cambie pañales o bañe a su bebé aunque siga siendo una práctica no demasiado habitual. También empieza a ser común ver que se sienten tan cómodos y orgullosos con las manos en el volante de su coche como empujando un carrito aunque mejor si se puede compaginar con un trote .
Son los padres
del siglo XXI, esos que aparecen en los grupos de Whatsapp del colegio y que
esperan en las salas de espera del pediatra, reivindicando su función como
padres implicados en el cuidado de sus hijos.
Sus
progenitores no actuaron igual ya que las condiciones sociales y culturales
eran muy diferentes, pero precisamente por eso han iniciado un cambio.
La
incorporación de la mujer al mundo laboral es otro de los factores que ha
motivado la evolución de su rol familiar, obligando a los padres a asumir más
responsabilidad. Según un estudio sobre la paternidad, el 84% de los padres de
hoy cuida a sus hijos a diario y tres de cada cuatro considera que están más
implicados de lo que estuvieron sus padres. Cuidados y ocio Según el mismo
estudio, el 85% de los papás españoles cambian habitualmente el pañal a sus
hijos y el 65% lo hace diariamente. Esto se podría extender también a los
baños, las comidas, dormirles (un 62% de los encuestados asegura hacerlo) y
vestirles (el 64%). El estudio revela también que el 73% acude al pediatra
cuando les surgen dudas.
La forma de
proteger a los menores también ha supuesto un cambio: no se fuma delante de
ellos, como se hacía antes, se intenta discutir poco delante de ellos y también
tenemos más cuidado con los contenidos violentos que ven en la televisión y en
los videojuegos.
La manera de
entender el tiempo de ocio también es diferente con respecto a los padres de la
generación anterior. Ahora, lo común es que ambos progenitores trabajen fuera
de casa y pasen poco tiempo con sus hijos, pero al salir del trabajo se intenta
compartir con ellos, el mayor tiempo posible. Country manager de P&G,
promotora de la encuesta, que concluye que precisamente jugar es la actividad
que más padres realizan a diario con sus hijos (un 83%). Sin embargo, a pesar
de ser la actividad preferida de los padres, pocos salen al parque a diario por
la dificultad para conciliar horarios. ¿La tarea que menos les gusta? Darles de
comer.
Autoridad vs
afectividad podemos decir, que el aspecto que más ha evolucionado, con
diferencia, es el afectivo. Hemos pasado de llamar de usted a los padres a
contestarles de mala manera. O lo que es lo mismo, "de una educación
autoritaria, en la que primaba la exigencia y baja afectividad hacia los hijos,
en ocasiones negligente por baja implicación, a una educación permisiva y
sobreprotectora, en la que prima la afectividad, pero no existe
disciplina".
Siempre ha
sido difícil marcar un término medio y además hay que contar con la
inteligencia innata con la que nacen nuestros vástagos. En cualquier caso,
criar a un hijo siempre ha sido y es muy difícil y hoy en día todavía más ya
que hay muchas herramientas y no siempre se saben utilizar con precisión.
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Excessive familiarization creates the new
dictatorship of children
It is
increasingly difficult to find a father who does not change diapers or bathe
your baby, although it is still not too common practice. It also begins to be
common to see that they feel as comfortable and proud with their hands on the
steering wheel of their car as pushing a cart although better if it can be
combined with a trot.
They are the
parents of the 21st century, those who appear in the WhatsApp groups of the
school and who wait in the waiting rooms of the pediatrician, vindicating their
role as parents involved in the care of their children.
Their parents
did not act the same as the social and cultural conditions were very different,
but that is precisely why they have initiated a change.
The
incorporation of women into the workplace is another factor that has motivated
the evolution of their family role, forcing parents to assume more
responsibility. According to a study on paternity, 84% of today's parents take
care of their children daily and three out of four consider that they are more
involved than their parents were. Care and leisure According to the same study,
85% of Spanish parents usually change their diapers to their children and 65%
do so daily. This could also be extended to baths, meals, sleeping (62% of
respondents say they do) and dressing (64%). The study also reveals that 73% go
to the pediatrician when they have doubts.
The way to
protect minors has also been a change: do not smoke in front of them, as was
done before, try to discuss little in front of them and we also have more care
with the violent content they see on television and in video games .
The way of
understanding leisure time is also different from the parents of the previous
generation. Now, the common thing is that both parents work outside the home
and spend little time with their children, but when leaving work they try to
share with them, as long as possible. Country manager of P & G, promoter of
the survey, which concludes that playing is precisely the activity that more
parents carry out daily with their children (83%). However, despite being the
preferred activity of parents, few go to the park every day because of the
difficulty to reconcile schedules. The task that you least like? Feed them.
Authority vs
affectivity we can say that the aspect that has evolved the most, with
difference, is the affective one. We have gone from calling you parents to
answer them in a bad way. Or what is the same, "of an authoritarian
education, in which primacy demanded and low affectivity towards children,
sometimes negligent by low involvement, to a permissive and overprotective
education, in which affectivity prevails, but it does not exist
discipline".
A sign
of the passage to the tyranny of the children is that filio-parental violence
is an increasingly evident problem. "In Spain there is 3.1% of physical
violence and 12.9% psychological, according to data from the judicial
field," explains Morales. Although these are extreme cases, the so-called
filiarcado has been established in homes: "Now everything revolves around
them, they are the ones who decide, when before it was the children who had to
adapt to the plans of the parents" . The key, according to experts, is to
seek balance, a democratic model in which parents are warm and communicative,
while setting limits. "Many studies show that this affectivity increases
the psychological well-being and self-esteem of the children.
In addition,
it has also been shown that children raised in democratic families have high
social and cognitive skills. "Despite this greater involvement, there is
still a long way to go.
It has always
been difficult to mark a middle ground and we must also count on the innate
intelligence with which our offspring are born. In any case, raising a child
has always been and is very difficult and today even more since there are many
tools and they are not always known to be used with precision.
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