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Yes! As a person raising kids in "the Western way", we ARE weird. Obviously, this is a broad oversimplification, but I do think the way we manage our kids time
by sgarrity 6y ago
Yes! As a person raising kids in "the Western way", we ARE weird.
Obviously, this is a broad oversimplification, but I do think the way we manage our kids time and limit their freedom is problematic.
That said, I think many of the problems stem from good intentions and unintended consequences. For example:
1. We don't want our kids to get hit by a car, so we tell them only to play in the back yard.
2. In many homes, both parents want a fulfilling career, so most kids are in some kind of child-care after school, so our kids don't have others to play with in the neighbourood.
- meowster 6y agoI'll copy a comment I wrote elsewhere in this thread: I volunteer with a U.S. Scout troop. I see boys that don't know whether or not they can go on an activity/campout because they have to ask their parents if they're free that day/weekend. I try to tell them their old enough (most are teenagers) that they should start deciding for themselves what activities they participate in. Most all of them just seem apathetic. I'm sure their parents are trying to do what is best for their children, but it doesn't seem to be working.