Emily Bazelon's discussion of Wendy Mogel's book, "The Blessing of a Skinned Knee: Using Jewish Teachings to Raise Self-Reliant Children," was a welcome antidote to the "too precious child syndrome" (Oct . 1.
But Sara Zaske's "Achtung Baby: An American Mom on the German Art of Raising Self-Reliant Children" (Picador) is perhaps an inevitable follow-up to "Bringing Up Bébé," that best-selling book about parenting the way the French supposedly do it basically, as though the kids were little grownups, presumably ready for adultery and erotic appetites.
Yet every night this competent, self-reliant child went home, took his bath and fell asleep next to his aunt, who was helping raise him.
The description of the government's budget by Fine Gael, the main opposition party, as "jobless and joyless" will undoubtedly resonate with the unemployed, poorer families reliant on child benefit and lower income workers, of the latter in particular public sector workers.
Other people who were forced to be overly self-reliant as children may avoid or deny their feelings.
The only problem is it has also been criticised by one of the world's leading water charities as being far too expensive, too complex for local maintenance, over-reliant on child labour and based on flawed water demand calculations.
Too reliant on their children for income?
Reliant on their children, late-life immigrants are a vulnerable population.
The cut leaves them with less to spend on paying for carers, and will mean an estimated 25,000 lone parents with severe disabilities will become more reliant on their children for help.
Jackson-Dennison worries that the newest round of budget cuts is "going to affect our food services" for children reliant on school meals.
This was especially difficult for those who served families reliant on government child care subsidies, for which providers are only paid for the days the children are in attendance.
