Protective or Over-Protective? - Can We Ease Back a Tad, Parents?
After last weeks story about the New York Mom that let her 9-year old take the public transit home on his own, I've been thinking more on how, as a society, we've wound ourselves up into a big tizzy of fear and worry over everything, including our own kids.As a result, I've posted an article at Mom's Talk Network that asks parents to really look at their behavior and allow a little more growth and independence for our kids.
The article references an interesting piece by the National Crime Prevention Council that attempts to put our fears at ease and show us that crime isn't getting worse, but our paranoia is. The article includes some good common sense tips for keeping our families safe, without resulting to chaining our children to their sides.
I don't know about you, but I want to raise self-sufficient, confident and street-smart kids. What do you say parents, can we let go...just a little?
posted by Alice at 11:29 AM
NEW! 
1 Comments:
From the research here criminal victumization has been at it's lowest levels since the mid 70s. Not exactly a reason to generate mass hysteria. It is NOT much different than when we were kids except for the influx of massive amounts of technology to keep us all connected. And the reason that technology was developed DOES NOT revolve around it's necessity in preventing crime, although it may help in that regard! Its true measure of success has been for ease of communication, and simply NOT because of increased Criminal Victumizations! Parents should always be vigilant but rest assured that your children are safer now than they have been in the last couple of decades.
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