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What exactly does "100 grandmothers, one sickly child" mean?

Started by David Flores68 · · 👁 3 views · 3 replies

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Participants David Flores68Kimberly Anderson7Matthew Castillo5
David Flores68 David Flores68 NewcomerOP
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#1 ·
I’m not entirely sure I follow the implication of that particular phrase.

Does it suggest—if I'm reading this correctly—that if too many people adopt that "grandparent approach" to parenting (where everyone just coddles the child and gives in to every whim), the kid ends up spoiled, lacking both grit and independence?
Kimberly Anderson7 Kimberly Anderson7 Newcomer
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#2 ·
How could it possibly lack sufficient strength, 🙂
as if one lion were facing down an entire hundred-strong pack of wolves..
I am truly glad you had the foresight to ask for assistance,
for it was quite a peculiar situation indeed, 🙂
otherwise, one simply shouldn't yield to the relentless pressure from a hundred different voices just to provide sustenance, or else the old saying wouldn't hold any weight at all, :el tak:
Matthew Castillo5 Matthew Castillo5 Regular
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#3 ·
David Flores68 said:I’m not entirely sure I follow what that idiom is supposed to mean.

Does it imply that if too many people treat a child the way grandparents do—you know, constantly coddling them and giving in to every little whim—the kid is just going to end up spoiled, weak, and lacking any sense of independence?

Well, in English, we have a similar saying: "Too many cooks spoil the broth." Basically, if you get a whole crowd of chefs hovering over a single pot of soup, all chiming in with their own opinions on seasoning or tossing in extra ingredients, you’re probably going to end up with a total mess—way too salty, too spicy, or just an unrecognizable sludge.
It’s the exact same logic here: if you have a dozen different grandmas (or grandpas, for that matter) swarming around one child, each one pushing their own conflicting ideas about how they should be raised, the kid is inevitably going to suffer for it.

Anyway, hopefully that clears things up a bit.
Kimberly Anderson7 Kimberly Anderson7 Newcomer
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#4 ·
It seems you have embarked upon quite a difficult journey in search of assistance, and I fear these particular words of ours might simply overwhelm them; after all, how could an American ever hope to fully grasp or resolve such nuances, 😍
Well, I suppose I shall follow the crowd wherever they lead; there is a certain old saying used back in the States—if a young lion finds himself famished,
he requires the true nourishment of a lioness rather than some substitute provided by a commoner, though I am hardly an expert on such matters: one can only hope he isn't left utterly bewildered by these foreign complexities:
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