Sunday, May 22, 2011

Reason: Stop Babying Your Kids!

Perhaps our desire to protect our children has gone too far - this is the premise of the book and blog "Free Range Kids" whose author espouses a more "hands off" approach to parenting then many of us our used to. It is difficult for us to realize that the way we protect our kids (yes, I'm talking to you helicopter Mom) is simply based on our beliefs about kids/the world, and not on fact. Check out how resourceful kids are in areas of the world that do not have the luxuries that we do:



And I was excited when our kids could get their own cereal in the morning!

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Jobina said...

I'm still shivering from watching that! I know, I know, I coddle the kids. I'll give them more freedom if they promise not to bring home spiders for supper!

Lindsey Dueck said...

I saw the title to this post and thought "No kidding!". It is unreal how much some people baby their children, even when they are grown enough to take care of themselves!

If you watch the movie Babies, you will see how coddled North American kids are compared to that of other countries. I want to have kids that get dirty and can take care of themselves!

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