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This is why we have this: https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/60624/young-adults-are-struggling-with-their-mental-health-is-more-childhood-independence-the-answer ht
by hosh 4y ago
This is why we have this: https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/60624/young-adults-are-struggling-with-their-mental-health-is-more-childhood-independence-the-answer https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/60624/young-adults-are-strugg...
Instead of this: https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/06/09/616928895/how-to-get-your-kids-to-do-chores-without-resenting-it https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/06/09/6169288...
For whatever reason, our society has confused well-being with safety. Those are not one and the same.
There will be a time when an adult has to assess risks and opportunity, and make choices. There are things in one’s life where they have to face the unknown and decide actions without having safety nets. A life cowering from the possibilities is small, with the illusion of safety.
And that’s for navigating one’s own life. What happens when these risk-adverse kids are raising their own kids?
What happen when these kids are the adults who have to vote and make decisions on things that affect the whole society?