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- Boshow, on 10/11/2007, -3/+154chicks digg scars.
- thebaron2, on 10/11/2007, -0/+130Surprisingly enough, a whole generation of Americans "turned out alright" long before retarded warning labels and overprotective agencies decided that most people are too stupid to raise their own children.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -2/+111To bloody true. How many trees did I fall out of as a kid? Lesson. Don't fall on your head, and remember to assume the tuck position protecting said head! How many times did I go home picking gravel out of my knee due to falling off my bike. Lesson. Wear jeans instead of shorts! I think that I turned out alright for it, that is, if you don't include the twitch and like scars ... ;-)
- DanThePainter, on 10/11/2007, -0/+95This used to be common sense, now it is a news flash.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+92"It builds character."
Fact: if you wore a cast to school, you got all the girls. In fact, you were a minor celebrity for at least the first 2 weeks (until there were no more good spots left on your cast to sign). - jesuswuzanalien, on 10/11/2007, -0/+86FTA: "Research for the Children’s Society suggests that 43 per cent of adults think children should not be allowed out with friends until they are at least 14."
Well, time to get ready for a world full of pussies. - RuffRidr, on 10/11/2007, -0/+64We're already there.
- FyreGoddess, on 10/11/2007, -1/+64My brother and I were constantly getting hurt when we were kids, never did any lasting damage. My son is 13 now and you can't keep him out of trees. Of course, when he was little, his dad and I would spend a lot of time helping him climb, running around with him and teaching him to brush himself off and get right back in there after a scrape or fall.
I am astounded by the prevalence of current parenting mindsets that say that we have to protect our poor helpless babies from the cruel, cruel world out that and even moreso that the US public school system seems to agree. Frankly, with the influx of safety equipment and improvements, we should be LESS worried, not more.
When we were kids we went roller skating and biking without helmets and knee/elbow protection, we fell out of trees, we got cuts and scrapes and the vast majority of us lived to tell about. Often we lived to hell highly adventurous, exaggerated stories about being chased by monsters or slaying Sith lords.
I remember when a cast or stitches were a badge of honor. I do not understand why so many have chosen to deny their children the thrill of those stories, the earned attention and the marks of pride in having survived. - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -11/+67Romans used to throw children into pits with wild animals. The ones who came out alive got the privilege of being soldiers...
Gotta love that. - hustl3, on 10/11/2007, -6/+59ha, I cracked my head 5 times when I was younger and lived in Peru. I have noticed mothers overprotect their kids way too much here in the US.
- BuckCynnie, on 10/11/2007, -4/+46He beat you because you are short and stupid.
- FyreGoddess, on 10/11/2007, -2/+36It was part of why we practiced our penmanship. We ~*all*~ wanted to be the best looking name on your cast, baby. };^>
- FRANKeB, on 10/11/2007, -1/+34common sense isn't so common any more
- swavalier711, on 10/11/2007, -1/+30yeah, that age is already upon us.
Now we have a 30% ***** obesity rate. - MDrake, on 10/11/2007, -4/+33Kids need to stop being pussies.
- noahhoward, on 10/11/2007, -0/+25Just want to point out that this doesn't mean putting your kids in danger is good for them.
I remember a video posted of some baby whose parents thought it'd be a cool idea to sit him in the steering wheel while driving down the road and making turns which, at one point, flipped the baby 360. A lot of people were defending the parents for not sheltering their kids.
Don't shelter them but don't deliberately endanger them. - mutatron, on 10/11/2007, -0/+20I raised my daughter to be tough. Not Spartan tough, I just let her play hard, and when she got hurt I waited a bit instead of rushing to comfort her or pick her up. Most of the time she got over it pretty quickly. That's the problem with coddling children, you never find out that they can take it, you're always there before they get over it, so then both of you end up thinking it requires your intervention. So now my daughter is a cheerleader. She gets bruises and scratches from that, sometimes a bloody nose. But she keeps going and gets over it.
And another thing, in my city they've replaced all the old wood and steel playgrounds with "safer" plastic ones. My daughter laments the old "dangerous" playgrounds. Recently someone set fire to a plastic playground. It burned to the ground like a ball of fat, which was some small vindication. - InsaneOni, on 10/11/2007, -0/+18Then it's a new game: find the eye!
- TheSeraph, on 10/11/2007, -5/+24So that explains why my dad beat me.
- Niddik, on 11/14/2007, -4/+231977: Child gets a splinter. Older sibling or parent gets some tweezers and pulls it out.
2007: Child gets a splinter. Older siblings call for parents. Parents call for doctors. Child is forced to apply medication for several weeks due to possibility of infection. GASP! - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -2/+20I grew up with an overprotective mom. I turned 18 in April and I'm graduating high school today. Although I personally always saw it a good idea to wear a bike helmet, a life vest, and I always had my seatbelt on, I definitely felt overprotected. Mom wanted us to wear helmets while sledding ... yeah right.
I kinda wish I was thrown out there a little more and got a little more banged up. I have never broken a bone. I was always a clumsy kid and I have my share of scrapes and bruises, but I never broke anything. I did sprain my thumb once by screwing around, but that was lame. - TheTorontonian, on 10/11/2007, -1/+19I like this, finally a DIGG with such common sense followed by a bunch of diggers with good common sense. No one has gotten dugged.
I half expected for some over protective parent posting "How dare you? My son never leaves without his helmet!"
Thank God we have been spared such idiocy.
My niece is so over protected that she just discovered what a earthworm was at 4 years old after a visit at her grandparents. As she was able to go around the yard to play. Bad sis, bad. - naughtymonkey69, on 10/11/2007, -0/+18i'll do my share to help...
- alarion, on 10/11/2007, -4/+22"Surprisingly enough, a whole generation of Americans "turned out alright" long before retarded warning labels and overprotective agencies decided that most people are too stupid to raise their own children."
It's sad, but they mainly put the warning labels up so they don't get sued. Kind of like the "WARNING THIS ***** IS HOT YOU *****. IT WILL BURN YOU" warnings on fast-food coffee cups. Everyone knows the ***** is hot, but there are still plenty of ***** that will try to sue the fast-food establishment because they weren't warned it was hot. - GuruMark, on 10/11/2007, -0/+17As a paramedic of 18 years, I can't agree with this study more! I can't tell you how many times I've been called "lights and sirens" to someone's house just because their son fell down, or got a little cut. I had to risk my life getting across town just to tell an over anxious mother, "Its ok. It's just a bump."
- akatherder, on 10/11/2007, -2/+19When my kid complains about getting hurt I tell her to go inside and lay down so she can recover. I tell her she'll have to stay in for a few days to heal up. Faced with being bored and stuck inside, she makes a miraculous recovery and jumps right back on her bike or playing with chainsaws or whatever the hell she does.
Keeping your kids under lock and key until they are 14 is a recipe for disaster. What are a bunch of 14 year olds going to do? "Hang out" and get into *****. It will be doubly compounded by their "new found" freedom. - CanceledCzech, on 10/11/2007, -1/+17Definitely true. I'm 17, and I'd consider myself "over-protected" as a kid (well, you know, a younger kid), and for most of the more recent years were filled with various phobias, such as a fear of vomiting, surgery, needles, extreme pain, etc. Well, that about changed this April when my appendix decided it would be a good time to rupture (threw up so many god damn times that I lost count). It's true what they say, "hardship builds character."
- Veritate, on 10/11/2007, -1/+17My sister's kids are overprotected, so much so they're not allowed to do things.
When my son and her son went to the park my son went straight to the monkey bars (which were more difficult than straight ones, because they went up and down) and brachiated across.
My sister's kid tried, and fell flat on his back and was left gasping for air and crying. Not only did he not have the right upper-body strength even though he's a bit more than a year older, he also didn't know how to fall.
Amazingly, she was able to recognize what was happening and became less restrictive after this. I don't know too many parents who could do that. This winter we're going to try to get them to go skiing with us :) - ONELOVE23, on 10/11/2007, -1/+16When I was 5 my best friend got chicken pox. My mom, wise woman that she was, sent me over to play with him for 3 days straight, so that I would catch it, I did and I survived. Same with measles. She would probably be arrested as an unfit mother today.
My body is covered with many minor scars from childhood accidents. A couple of broken bones too, since I'm a klutz.
Kids today are over protected. The immune system needs challenges to grow strong. - Hetman, on 10/11/2007, -3/+18And sometimes kids need strict discipline also. Im not talking about beating your kids but some times they need spanked to realize that there is such thing as authority and punishment.
- bemenaker, on 10/11/2007, -11/+26DUUUUUUUUUUUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
- TheSeraph, on 10/11/2007, -3/+18@ buckcynnie yeah but you're fat and as ugly as your fiance. what's your point? see you at the wedding saturday my big cuddly bear.
- KeithBarrett, on 10/11/2007, -1/+16Imagine that. Protecting yourself from living and the realities of the natural world does more harm than good.
- iamnos, on 10/11/2007, -0/+14My wife and I were doing some yard work the other day outside. I was in the backyard trimming and mowing, while my wife was out front with our 18 month old son planting some flowers. He managed to get filthy, eat some mud (and probably a few bugs too). The only thing "wrong" with the whole situation was that his clothes took a couple washes to come clean, and we forgot to snap a few pictures of him before we cleaned him up.
One of the biggest things that annoys me with parents is their reactions when their kid falls. Its a hard instinct to overcome, but don't run to them to see if they are alright. Make light of the situation and see how the child reacts first. More times than not, ours will laugh, or just go on with what he was doing. If one of us gasps and rushes over to him, he'll almost always start to cry. Its more about your reaction, than any actual pain or injury that dictates their response in those situations. Obviously if its a more serious accident, make sure your child is okay first. - inactive, on 11/14/2007, -3/+172007 : Parents sue school because of the splinter. School bans all outdoor activity !!!
Pussies encourage pussyism - BuckCynnie, on 10/11/2007, -0/+13And then the real fun begins!
- AriaStar, on 10/11/2007, -1/+14If kids don't get to have little accidents for themselves, how the hell are they supposed to grow up to be parents who know what the hell to protect their own kids from?
- alarion, on 10/11/2007, -2/+15"I grew up with an overprotective mom. I turned 18 in April and I'm graduating high school today. Although I personally always saw it a good idea to wear a bike helmet, a life vest, and I always had my seatbelt on, I definitely felt overprotected. Mom wanted us to wear helmets while sledding ... yeah right."
Unless you are riding on a busy street, like say - a divided highway - bike helmets are retarded. Do you really need a bike helmet on to go ride down to friend's house four blocks over, in the burbs? I never once wore a bike helmet while growing up, and I practically lived on my bike after school for several years. The worst that happened? I skinned my palms, my knees and my ankles several times. Oh and guess what - they healed. Your kid will probably suffer more brain damage by accidentally bumping his head into the corner of an open cupboard than riding his entire life w/o a bike helmet. - TheAkolyte, on 10/11/2007, -1/+13What we have is a world full of people avoiding everything "bad." Drugs, Friends, Fun, and everything else enjoyable are considered heresies to today's parents. Let your children live, after all they only get one chance!
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -2/+14When I was a kid (going from 10 on up) - I stopped going outside and playing so much. This made me very soft, and even small discomforts or slight pain would cause me to complain.
Now, I force myself outdoors to finally toughen myself up. I run 2-3 miles a day through a rather dense/winding trail through the woods. Everyday I am bitten by bugs and scratched at by thorns. I've yet to fall in the trail, but its sure to happen someday (I go very fast). Looking forward to the bruises. - Kronos6948, on 10/11/2007, -3/+15It's called "Emo".
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -3/+14You were the reason your dad drinks.
- profOblivion, on 10/11/2007, -0/+11File under 'O' for 'Obvious'.
- shadowspawn, on 10/11/2007, -0/+11during reconstructive therapy of my hand i learned allot about bones. one of the things i learned is that bones grow during rest periods (why kids have growing pains) and after slight trauma. not that a healed "break" is stronger than the original or anything, but roughhousing and stress helps them grow stronger over time.
course the burned hand avoids the flame, maybe that's the point of the article. - KnightMareInc, on 10/11/2007, -0/+11lettting them burn themselves is the only way they'll learn fire is hot.
- bobcrotch, on 10/11/2007, -1/+12I would say this goes in the same bin as excessive use of hand sanitizer and other products that sort of shield children (and adults) from normal day to day peril. You do need to exercise your immune system in order to keep it strong.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+11At my public elementary school (in Memphis, TN USA), we had NO playground equipment because the school system feared they would be sued if a student hurt him/herself on the equipment. Thus, we had only PE equipment (just a bunch of bars so that we could do pull-ups.
Don't educators understand how much children absorb through 'play'? - AlphaPrime, on 10/11/2007, -0/+10The real problem is the fact that people can almost sue for living it seems. If people would loosen up and let kids have fun, they wouldn't be sue-for-breathing idiots.
- fnaqzna, on 10/11/2007, -1/+11Sometimes it's your job as a parent to get out of the way and let life hit your kids.
Show me an overprotected child and I'll show you a weakling. -
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