Let Children Be Children
Not so much a post about mitzvot per se, but this article was linked from another blog I read, Treppenwitz, and I found it very timely.
I am the recipient of generations of parental anxiety, and am very guilty myself of being an overly worried parent. It is my fondest desire to see that my children are safe, lack for nothing and always succeed. Yet I know in my heart this is not the best way of doing things , because taken to the extreme rather then helping them I will in all actuality harm them. Lately I have been trying very hard just to let it go, enjoy the moment for what it is, knowing that the big stuff will get taken care of and the little stuff doesn’t really matter much in the grand scheme of things anyway. Much easier said than done though, that’s for sure!
The Growing Backlash Against Overparenting