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This, unfortunately, mimics my experiences. No idea when or how it happened, but it is noticeable
by kickout 4y ago
This, unfortunately, mimics my experiences. No idea when or how it happened, but it is noticeable
- alcover 4y agoCould it be the deluge of televised fear-inducing content ? A great deal anxiety feeds on this distorted view of "what's happening". But go and have a walk. What do you see "happening" ? nothing.
- soco 4y agoIn Switzerland you'd get called by the teacher if you don't let your kid walk by itself to kindergarten, because independence and learning and all.
- jakewins 4y agoWe just moved to Sweden from Missouri; yesterday I picked up our 3yo from daycare and had this exchange: Kid: <Happily playing with clay> Teacher: Oh, by the way, he fell out of a small tree today, he was climbing and fell, so he may have a small bruise, just so you are aware Me: Oh ok. What tree? Teacher: Oh we took them to <forest 5 miles from daycare> and grilled hot dogs today! Kid: I found a snail!
- mkopinsky 4y agoHow did they get to that forest 5 miles away?
- jakewins 4y agoThe city has buses specifically equipped for small kids / toddlers, which the various daycares take turns using
- I-Robot 4y agoGod! This is so AWESOME!!! Freedom
- LaLaLand122 4y agoI have visited nurseries that don't let kids go out to the playground when it rains... in the UK! I suspect some of my child classmates were Gremlins.
- soco 4y agoWednesday is forest trip day, weather schmeather. Once after a stormy Wednesday the kindergarten stayed closed for the rest of the week as most of the involved - kids and educators - got a cold. Still Switzerland yes.
- necovek 4y agoLOL. We've got Gremlins here in Belgrade, Serbia too. But in my kid's preschool (for 5-6 year olds), when they were presenting a plan for this year and how they'll be crossing the street to another of their buildings for a few hours, one of the parents was worried they'll do that even if it rains or snows! When asked how will they bring their kid to preschool not dressed for the elements, it was (not-surprisingly) "by car". I guess going outside is limited to sunny weather for their kids!
- Markoff 4y agoTo be fair I have nothing against this especially in kindergarten's muddy garden, everything will be completely dirty and kids wet, some of them may not have change and even in free time I am not really fan of playing outside in rain, everything is slipper, easy to fall down and make yourself dirty or hurt yourself when climbing on slippery stuff. I don't mind if they go for walk in waterproof stuff in rain.
- courgette 4y agoHave you seen the open recess space ? ( kids playing in a non enclosed area, just delimited with poles )
- tjr225 4y ago
- noahtallen 4y agoWell, part of the problem is our infrastructure choices over the past many decades. When you build suburbs that are very isolated from places you need to go and then need to drive to literally everything you do, nearly everyone starts viewing normal activities like walking to a grocery store as abnormal. As a result, kids can’t actually go anywhere until they turn 16 and get a car. :/ There are a lot of excellent videos about this sad problem, like this: https://youtu.be/oHlpmxLTxpw https://youtu.be/oHlpmxLTxpw But at the end of the day, when it’s not actually possible to be independent every day, you just loose this culture. And countries that made different infrastructure and development decisions 6 decades ago are in a much better place today — it doesn’t have to be this way.
- chromanoid 4y agoI think this is a very important point. City planning/the space we live in is basically presetting the architecture of our daily life.