I'm so glad I grew up to be free and wild outside, with no adults supervising me for hours each day while I roamed the city, parks, libraries, swimming pools, downtown... with siblings & friends; that I skated outside alone after dark until dinner on my double-bladed ice skates..
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Most of the boring and overcautious adults I've met were over-protected as children, locked away under constant supervision and stringent rules. Their entire lives were "No!" - can't do this, can't do that, you might get hurt, it's dangerous. They never lived, the walking dead..
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I wonder if that's a Conservative upbringing cause that fear factor is always there? Somebody is going to *get them*!
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We live in a country where many bad things happen. It's neither strange nor weird it's reality for the times.
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We live in a country where FEWER bad things happen compared to all past years, but since we are overexposed to each bad thing we live like danger is everywhere. It is not.
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Well said,
@AngeliqueR! I would also add that we have far more safeguards (tech, training children on stranger-danger, etc.) now than we did when I was a child and was allowed to "roam free." The media knows that alarming people draws viewers/$. -
We are our own worst enemy—it’s not clickbait if we don’t click. Algorithms that promote what is “popular” to encourage viral posts and maximize ad revenue are the true source. *cough cough*
#ZUCKERBERG
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We let our 9yo ride her bike to/from soccer practice (<1 mile, skilled mtn biker, all roads 25 mph). Every Single Practice a parent called to see if she needed a ride & Every Single Practice a parent followed her home with their car (<not creepy at all
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My kid’s basketball coach called out his commitment to ‘ride his scooter to practice every day even though his parents wouldn’t give him a ride’ at the award ceremony. It’s 5 blocks away.
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As a physician with interest in pediatrics, I would suggest that caretakers shud always keep children under their eyes. It is their primary duty.
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And here we go again
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Parents don’t parent this way because they want to - police are called when an 8 year old goes to the park alone. A 9 year old takes the subway and its news. In DE last summer, kids were removed from the home by CPS because Mom left them at home alone to pick up a pizza.
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It’s easy to pearl clutch and judge parents these days, but consider the 24/7 news cycle convincing everyone they are about to be kidnapped coupled with a population empowered to intervene/call the police on any kid issue. Look at backlash the Free Range parent author received.
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Unless, of course, the child is an immigrant seeking a better life
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We're enmeshed in fear 24/7/365. Scared of the unknown, unknowable and the outside world. We gave up our freedom because someone told us it was easier than living with it.
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