Parenting With An Audience
b'Have you ever felt coerced into parenting in a way you usually wouldn\\u2019t because you were in public? \\nDoes the tsk-ing disapproval of Aunt Joan feel even worse than eyerolls from strangers? \\nDo you discipline your kids differently in front of friends who might hold a tighter line, even if it\'s in your house? Do you ever give a "now you listen to me, young man" lecture to one of your kids primarily for the benefit of his or her siblings? \\nFor better and for worse, parenting with an audience means doing things differently.\\xa0 In this episode we discuss what to say to well-meaning (but still interfering) onlookers with front-row seats to your kid\'s tantrum without making What That Lady Must Think your primary focus. As parenting columnist Sarah Coyne reminds us, we should focus on strengthening our connections with our kids rather than pleasing the onlookers. Kids need consistent, reliable, trustworthy parents who don\\u2019t change their game plan based upon who\\u2019s acting as witness."\\nHere are links to other writing on the topic that we discuss in this episode: \\nSarah Coyne for The Joplin Globe:\\xa0 Parenting with an audience changes the rules\\nDr. Laura Markham for Aha! Parenting: 14 Tips for Parenting in Public\\nOdd Loves Company: Parenting For An Audience\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'