tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7292808536017608740.post7929299524749867386..comments2024-03-23T04:01:56.197-07:00Comments on Christa Writes: On the Beauty and Danger of RiskChrista Desirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15614441465633549710noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7292808536017608740.post-20875062870680527062014-04-11T10:46:44.444-07:002014-04-11T10:46:44.444-07:00My teacher friends confirm that parents are shield...My teacher friends confirm that parents are shielding, or trying, to shield them from everything. Bad grades, their own behavioral consequences... Stephscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06328839483008086049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7292808536017608740.post-3160767298188015072014-04-10T18:34:47.579-07:002014-04-10T18:34:47.579-07:00I'd never heard of this free-range parenting t...I'd never heard of this free-range parenting thing. That's interesting. I think I feel comfortable right in between that and helicopter parenting.<br /><br />I want my kids to be able to go out and have fun with other kids/be independent. And I don't want them to become anxious because they're so scared about something bad happening. <br /><br />I want them to be nice to strangers and people in general. But I don't want them to go off with a stranger cause that person seems nice.<br /><br />It's hard balancing act.Suzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16502606950280751205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7292808536017608740.post-53099907484925693382014-04-09T09:33:00.283-07:002014-04-09T09:33:00.283-07:00The other day, my sister and I were talking about ...The other day, my sister and I were talking about how different our upbringing was from my 10 year old niece's. For example, we took the school bus every day and walked on our own to the end of the road to meet the bus. Now my mother drives my niece to school, and when I pick her up, I have to have a photo i.d. and a PhD in engineering or something to figure out how to even get <i>into</i> the school.<br /><br />And sometimes, that seems unreal to me. But then, when I was in school, we never had to have lockdown drills because some jackass threatened to shoot up a school.M.J. Fifieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15626475963328519693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7292808536017608740.post-58651098312671507322014-04-09T08:42:00.858-07:002014-04-09T08:42:00.858-07:00I read this article not long ago about how our kid...I read this article not long ago about how our kids are growing up in a world with so much more supervision than they used to have.<br />My dad talks about how he'd come home from his friends' houses in the afternoons, and his mom would say - nope. not yet. go find something to do for another hour or two - and send him off.<br />I think about how many miles I'd ride my bike at the age of 10, and how there's NO WAY I'd let my daughter do the same.<br />Is our world that different? Or our perspective?<br />I'm not sure.<br />All I know is that my husband's job has warped me to the point that I really hope I don't steal too much independence from my kiddos.Jolene Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14809468564016928636noreply@blogger.com