Took my son to a fair with a bouncy house. Little boys jumped around inside. The outside was ringed with women clustered at the windows, shrieking at the boys if they even came close to physical contact. They dragged boys out, scolding and shouting. Not a father in sight. Thread
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Boys are naturally energetic, aggressive, competitive. They crave to run and play and test themselves against each other. Doing so teaches them limits and restraint at the cost of inevitable injuries. They are designed from birth to pursue rough circumstances to grow stronger.
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Mothers are risk-averse. They carry children for 40 weeks and, understandably, want to keep their child alive and unharmed. Their goal is to get him to adulthood where he should die of old age with no remarkable hardship or struggle. She’s going to shelter him from every risk.
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Replying to @TheBrometheus
I think a lot of mothers who follow the RIE parenting philosophy do emphasize the importance of struggling, falling down, etc. Pendulum starting to swing the other way imo. My take is it's also due to the lower child count per family--ppl naturally feel more protective.
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