Talk about a perfect analogy. Today at Let Grow, we discuss what happens when kids are raised, according to society’s demands, with adults who never let them fall or fail.
And then shoo them off to adulthood.
The author, Vanessa Elias, has several sound ideas for how to make the home a little more like the metaphorical woods. Great piece, and a great way to frame why it doesn’t make sense to never let our kids do much other than soccer and homework. Read it by clicking here.
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Great article. But the parenting norm in the USA has to change.so long as parents live in fear of the secret police,sorry, meant to say nosy neighbors, nothing will change
I think kids/young adults can fall apart for many reasons when they leave home. Even though we followed the free range parenting approach and provided our children with lots of opportunities to play freely, explore the community independently, grow from mistakes,etc. (none of which we regret), my son still developed serious mental illness when he left home, which proved to be fatal for him. While I agree with the suggestions in the article, parents need to keep in mind we don’t always have control of everything in life that impacts our children.
Great piece, and a great way to frame why it doesn’t make sense to never let our kids do much other than soccer and homework.Even though we followed the free-range parenting approach and provided our children with lots of opportunities to play freely, explore the community independently, grow from mistakes, etc.