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> The only way we can stop being victim to societal trends is to go against the flow. This. Or to put it another way: "You know who's a more interesting person
by ethbro 9y ago
> The only way we can stop being victim to societal trends is to go against the flow.
This. Or to put it another way: "You know who's a more interesting person in adulthood? Someone whose parents didn't bow to peer pressure when they were a kid."
FFS. If you're a parent, you're supposed to be setting an example. Not giving in to the same impulses we ostensibly teach our children to resist.
- watwut 9y agoYour child playing computer games alone all the time or even tinkering alone all the time because you are too proud will still lack peer contact. You absolutely can opt out of socialization for both you and your kid. But, that is what you are doing there.
- ethbro 9y agoThe alternative to helicopter parenting is not just opting out of socializing. There's also, you know, letting your kid hang out with other kids organically. They do that naturally, you know?
- watwut 9y agoMaybe it is too late to answer now, but anyway. If other parents expect planned meetups, then "organically" is exactly that. Even if they take no issue random meets in principle, they already planned most time for other things. Their kids are not outside to be randomly met. Often other kids don't even live within walkable distance. For that matter 3-6 years old don't "organically" start to visit each other alone without parents. How exactly you expect that to happen, really?
- thomastjeffery 9y agoI guarantee you will find some other parents that are willing to let their children live like they did growing up.