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A friend of mine with interesting parents had an experience like this, except it was planned by her father! He told her they were going somewhere together, the
by gen220 2y ago
A friend of mine with interesting parents had an experience like this, except it was planned by her father!
He told her they were going somewhere together, then dropped her off at a random metro station and told her if she couldn’t make it home in an hour she should call home with a pay phone, and here’s a quarter.
She brought it up in a pretty resentful way (understandably, because it’s basically abandonment?), but it was also a pretty formative experience in that she did pull it off and she’s a fiercely independent person.
Not giving parenting advice to be clear, just adding another colorful story! :)
- mythhabit 2y agoThat is fine to do, if you prepare the child. I mean, start by taking all the steps with them, gamify it, and at some point I'm sure most children would be proud to do it. But just doing it with minimal preparation... That's bad parenting. I doubt that experience alone is the reason for being fiercely independent - that usually (and unfortunately) comes from the person being unable to rely on their care takes for their needs as children.