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> protect him from the dangers he doesn't yet know exist or may not yet understand This is the big one for me. My job is not primarily to protect my children,
by Zaak 8y ago
> protect him from the dangers he doesn't yet know exist or may not yet understand
This is the big one for me. My job is not primarily to protect my children, it's to prepare them to be functioning adults. To that end, I protect them from dangers that they're not yet ready to face, while teaching them skills to recognize and handle the dangers eventually.
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- sathackr 8y agoAbsolutely, we've had several discussions about it, mostly surrounding the unrealistic expectations of women and sex in general that it promotes and its effect on emotional development of your brain. It does no good to tell someone they can't do something without explaining why. I encourage him to ask questions when he doesn't understand something, and will never give "because I said so" as an answer. My goal is for him to understand why these things are harmful while protecting him from them until he has the facilities to manage it on his own. Just like a bike with training wheels. Teaching him to ride while protecting him from falling, until he can ride on his own.
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