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I generally agree with this but I have a counter argument. I grew up in the 80/90s generally unsupervised. I played outside from sunrise to sunset. Complete fre
by lvl102 4y ago
I generally agree with this but I have a counter argument. I grew up in the 80/90s generally unsupervised. I played outside from sunrise to sunset. Complete freedom. As a parent now, I reflect back on those days and think about the times I came really close getting badly hurt or doing something completely stupid. My conclusion is that in parenting, it’s either you supervise or you don’t. You can choose to loosen certain boundaries WHILE you’re supervising but don’t ever think allowing your kids to go completely unsupervised is good for them in any shape or form.
- spacechild1 4y ago> As a parent now, I reflect back on those days and think about the times I came really close getting badly hurt or doing something completely stupid. I am in the same situation, but I would not come to same conclusion. Although we were in very dangerous situations as kids, surprisingly little happened. None of my friends have died or been badly injured. I think you have to look at the risks and make a realistic assessment. I am horrified to imagine my own daughter in some of the situations I was facing, but still I do not want to supervise her all the time when she gets older. Actually, I have a slightly different problem: I grew up in a very small village on the country side in Austria, but now I am living in a big city (Vienna). The country side comes with its own kind of risks (free-running dogs, dangerous country roads, forests, mountains, lakes), but they are completely different than the ones you would face in a city. Since I have no experience what it's like to grow up in a city, I'm not sure how I should raise my daughter. I guess I just have to look at what my friends are doing with their kids :-)