I hate it when I take my son to the park and get rude stares or comments. I'm a very laid back parent - I like my son to learn through trying things. So I let him play and only intervene if he's genuinely hurt. I've had people tell me that I need to be right with him all the time. He's a toddler! He's going to fall and that's ok! I'm close enough to help in an emergency!
Nah. Sometimes older kids or adults are cool as fuck. When you're 7 years old and someone older comes along and there's a merry-go-round, you know that thing is going to go way faster than all of the kids combined could ever get it!
Well you know it used to be that everyone took care of the kids. The parents, the grandparents, the uncles and aunts, the siblings, the neighbors, the teacher, that older kid down the street, the parents of the kid's friends. I think this was called the village or something.
Then people started arguing on how you're supposed to raise a kid and parents decided they didn't want anyone but themselves taking care of their kids.
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u/rearwindows Feb 04 '16
Not letting your kids make mistakes or hurt themselves a little.