Cure for overprotected kids
Jan. 8th, 2008 09:31 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cherydactylThink today's kids live in the equivalent of a plastic bubble? Me too.
Five Dangerous Things You Should Let Your Kids Do
(Well, actually six)
There's one I would add: let kids get lost. I used to purposefully get lost, both in my neighborhood or nearby neighborhoods, and in the woods when we went camping. You can't find yourself if you don't first lose yourself. You don't get orienteering skills by watching it on TV.
Five Dangerous Things You Should Let Your Kids Do
(Well, actually six)
There's one I would add: let kids get lost. I used to purposefully get lost, both in my neighborhood or nearby neighborhoods, and in the woods when we went camping. You can't find yourself if you don't first lose yourself. You don't get orienteering skills by watching it on TV.
