Badly Raised Kids

03/18/2014

If we desire a kinder nation, seeing it through the eyes of children is an eminently sensible endeavor: A city that is pro-child, for example, is also a more humane place for adults.
Richard Louv in Children's Future

"Is Sweden raising a generation of brats?" asked Jens Hansegard in the Wall Street Journal (February 11, 2014) article, "Badly Raised Kids? Sweden Has a Word for That." The article is based on claims by a controversial Swedish psychiatrist, David Eberhard. Dr. Eberhard says Sweden's child-centric model has gone 'too far' and suggests the oversensitivity to children and reluctance to discipline has bred a nation of "ouppfostrade," which loosely translates to "badly raised kids."

"All this kowtowing to kids actually causes kids and society more harm than good," Dr. Eberhard said in an interview. He suggests that the trend could contribute to higher anxiety levels or depression at a later stage in life for these children.

According to Hansegard, Eberhard's ideas "are popular with a broad base of Swedes who think modern parents are sissies and pushovers when it comes to their kids. On parenting blogs, views on his book are divided about 50-50."

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