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Are we tethering our kids too tightly, or should we let them roam?
To be fair, arguments for both ‘helicopter’ and ‘free-range’ parenting are equally annoyingOften, parents tell me the world is more dangerous than it used to be. Others tell me we’re restricting our children too much and don’t let them run free. I guess I’m the worst of both worlds in that I think we should give our children more independence, but am too terrified to do so.I sometimes accuse my wife of being a helicopter parent, because she sees threats around every corner. Her response, and it’s a hard one for me to argue against, is that I have the opposite affliction; an ‘It’ll be fine’ attitude borne from an inability to evaluate risk. The argument between ‘helicopter’ and ‘free-range’ parenting is not really one I find that interesting, not least because the proponents of both are equally annoying. It’s hard to think my children live in a more dangerous world than I did, if such a thing were even measurable, not least since everything from road deaths and abductions to household accidents have seen numbers drop precipitously. It’s possible that this is because children are more restricted now, which would make my instinctive rebuke of short-leash parenting even more facile, like the guy under an umbrella who says he’s not seen much rain lately. Continue reading...
To be fair, arguments for both ‘helicopter’ and ‘free-range’ parenting are equally annoying
Often, parents tell me the world is more dangerous than it used to be. Others tell me we’re restricting our children too much and don’t let them run free. I guess I’m the worst of both worlds in that I think we should give our children more independence, but am too terrified to do so.
I sometimes accuse my wife of being a helicopter parent, because she sees threats around every corner. Her response, and it’s a hard one for me to argue against, is that I have the opposite affliction; an ‘It’ll be fine’ attitude borne from an inability to evaluate risk. The argument between ‘helicopter’ and ‘free-range’ parenting is not really one I find that interesting, not least because the proponents of both are equally annoying. It’s hard to think my children live in a more dangerous world than I did, if such a thing were even measurable, not least since everything from road deaths and abductions to household accidents have seen numbers drop precipitously. It’s possible that this is because children are more restricted now, which would make my instinctive rebuke of short-leash parenting even more facile, like the guy under an umbrella who says he’s not seen much rain lately. Continue reading...
