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> playgrounds for kids are becoming more like jails The solution to this problem is to revolt. Stop taking your kids to the playground. Get them helmets and a

> playgrounds for kids are becoming more like jails The solution to this problem is to revolt. Stop taking your kids to the playground. Get them helmets and a kickbike and go to the local skateboard park. Go out hiking with them, even if it's just 300 yards in a park. Run on the beach. Let them eat the sand. Give them proper rain clothing and boots so they can jump in puddles for hours on end. Teach them that there is no bad weather, just bad clothing. Show them how a socket wrench works. Let them "help" whenever you're doing something, if it's cooking or cleaning or repairing stuff or whatever. And for gods sake don't buy them a tablet. DISCLAIMER: said activities may require physical exercise and actual parenting.

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- moron4hire 11y ago
  That's not happening to anyone.
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    - DanBC 11y ago
      Has anyone "gone to prison" or "had their children taken away" because free range parenting?
      - Nadya 11y ago
        Not unheard of... http://www.freerangekids.com/mom-jailed-for-letting-her-9-y-o-play-at-park-unsupervised-and-daughter-in-state-custody/ http://www.freerangekids.com/mom-jailed-for-letting-her-9-y-... Or how about two kids being kidnapped by police officers, driven around for three hours before being brought to the station, and only then was the parent notified. I'm sure that did a world of good for the kids. [1] [1] http://nypost.com/2015/04/13/cops-coerced-our-kids-into-squad-car-free-range-parents/ http://nypost.com/2015/04/13/cops-coerced-our-kids-into-squa...
        DanBC 11y ago
        While both of those are completely unacceptable neither of them are people imprisoned and children taken away.
        Nadya 11y ago
        >neither of them are people imprisoned and children taken away >Mother Jailed for Letting Her 9 y.o. Play at Park Unsupervised (And Daughter In State Custody) [x] Imprisoned [x] Child taken away and placed into State Custody You also may not hear about these stories all the time - because instead of being "Free Range" parents the media report label it Child Neglect. I only know of a single site dedicated to "free range parent related news/issues" and a few sites here or there that essentially reprint the same story from said site if it gathered enough media attention on its own. So it's hard to find a lot of sources.
        DanBC 11y ago
        Jail is not prison! Was she convicted of any crime? Did she get a sentence? The claim was that people go to prison and have their children taken away. You've shown some clearly unnaceptable cases but you haven't shown any cases where children have been removed from parents or where parents have been sent to prison.
    - moron4hire 11y ago
      One couple got warned, not punished, for letting their kids walk unsupervised along a high-use road with no sidewalk. That's not the same thing as letting a kid use a wrench.
rdxm 11y ago
i cannot give this enough up-votes.
sneak 11y ago
Without a tablet, how are they going to read the schematics to meaningfully help with projects?
- semi-extrinsic 11y ago
  It's never too early to teach your kids about the numerous advantages of schematics printed on dead trees.

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moron4hire 11y ago
That's not happening to anyone.
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  - DanBC 11y ago
    Has anyone "gone to prison" or "had their children taken away" because free range parenting?
    - Nadya 11y ago
      Not unheard of... http://www.freerangekids.com/mom-jailed-for-letting-her-9-y-o-play-at-park-unsupervised-and-daughter-in-state-custody/ http://www.freerangekids.com/mom-jailed-for-letting-her-9-y-... Or how about two kids being kidnapped by police officers, driven around for three hours before being brought to the station, and only then was the parent notified. I'm sure that did a world of good for the kids. [1] [1] http://nypost.com/2015/04/13/cops-coerced-our-kids-into-squad-car-free-range-parents/ http://nypost.com/2015/04/13/cops-coerced-our-kids-into-squa...
      - DanBC 11y ago
        While both of those are completely unacceptable neither of them are people imprisoned and children taken away.
        Nadya 11y ago
        >neither of them are people imprisoned and children taken away >Mother Jailed for Letting Her 9 y.o. Play at Park Unsupervised (And Daughter In State Custody) [x] Imprisoned [x] Child taken away and placed into State Custody You also may not hear about these stories all the time - because instead of being "Free Range" parents the media report label it Child Neglect. I only know of a single site dedicated to "free range parent related news/issues" and a few sites here or there that essentially reprint the same story from said site if it gathered enough media attention on its own. So it's hard to find a lot of sources.
        DanBC 11y ago
        Jail is not prison! Was she convicted of any crime? Did she get a sentence? The claim was that people go to prison and have their children taken away. You've shown some clearly unnaceptable cases but you haven't shown any cases where children have been removed from parents or where parents have been sent to prison.
  - moron4hire 11y ago
    One couple got warned, not punished, for letting their kids walk unsupervised along a high-use road with no sidewalk. That's not the same thing as letting a kid use a wrench.

rdxm 11y ago

i cannot give this enough up-votes.

sneak 11y ago

Without a tablet, how are they going to read the schematics to meaningfully help with projects?

semi-extrinsic 11y ago
It's never too early to teach your kids about the numerous advantages of schematics printed on dead trees.