Yesterday, I was talking with my British landlord about how we may have become too paranoid as parents. Now we wouldn't let our kids walk two blocks down the road without company. We would not let them ride a bike without helmet, knee pads, elbows pads, etc.
Yet when we were kids ourselves we rode bikes without safety pads, even without working brakes. We would spend the days running down hills and fields more than a couple of blocks away from our homes. But would we now call our parents negligent? I don't think so.
Maybe it's just the bombardment of negative events that have lead us to this paranoia that something wrong will happen everytime we let our kids explore the world on their own or we take off our eyes from them. We may have become too restrictive as parents because of all the hype on negative events. We may be limiting our children's creativity and right to enjoy life as kids. Just a thought.....
Yesterday, I was talking with my British landlord about how we may have become too paranoid as parents. Now we wouldn't let our kids walk two blocks down the road without company. We would not let them ride a bike without helmet, knee pads, elbows pads, etc.
Yet when we were kids ourselves we rode bikes without safety pads, even without working brakes. We would spend the days running down hills and fields more than a couple of blocks away from our homes. But would we now call our parents negligent? I don't think so.
Maybe it's just the bombardment of negative events that have lead us to this paranoia that something wrong will happen everytime we let our kids explore the world on their own or we take off our eyes from them. We may have become too restrictive as parents because of all the hype on negative events. We may be limiting our children's creativity and right to enjoy life as kids. Just a thought.....