What’s wrong with saying, “Be careful!” a couple million times?
Well, this: The message kids hear is pointless (Be careful HOW?), at the same time it is also dis-empowering (You think I can’t figure out how to do this safely?). Let Grow ponders the rise of this phrase and things to say instead it, in this article. And we’ve got a free poster with these alternatives that you can get by clicking here!
Yikes! The comments section on this post’s website already closed? I’d have been mortified, scared about my parents’ mindsets, had I seen anything remotely like this in our house. Again, parents shouldn’t feel they have to be perfect. Nor that kids always need to hear SOMETHING. Nope!