Big Guy Posted May 1, 2015 Report Posted May 1, 2015 (edited) I have found it informative of the number of different parenting attitudes exhibited in this section. There remains a controversy about parents using a leash on their child in public: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/lifestyle/2012/06/extreme-parenting-to-leash-or-not-to-leash/ Is a person using a leash showing good parenting or bad parenting skills? Edited May 1, 2015 by Charles Anthony Quote Note - For those expecting a response from Big Guy: I generally do not read or respond to posts longer then 300 words nor to parsed comments.
eyeball Posted May 1, 2015 Report Posted May 1, 2015 From the article... "I think the solution here is that parents shouldn't judge other parents. They shouldn't be concerned about what other people are doing unless a child is actually harmed," said. Should parents intervene when their free range kids laugh their heads off at the poor kids who are leashed? Quote A government without public oversight is like a nuclear plant without lead shielding.
Guest Posted May 1, 2015 Report Posted May 1, 2015 Can't open the link, but I can guess. I wonder what it was about my parents that they just didn't fear for my life their every waking moment. It's not like we didn't have murderers. Maybe they didn't love me... Quote
The_Squid Posted May 2, 2015 Report Posted May 2, 2015 Always keep your kids tied up in the back yard... Quote
Argus Posted May 2, 2015 Report Posted May 2, 2015 Always keep your kids tied up in the back yard... Just lock them in the closet. They can play with the coat hangers. Quote "A liberal is someone who claims to be open to all points of view — and then is surprised and offended to find there are other points of view.” William F Buckley
Big Guy Posted May 2, 2015 Author Report Posted May 2, 2015 To eyeball - I suggest that parents should intervene when their children laugh at any other children. I do not think that getting enjoyment from a perceived discomfort of others is a very good lesson to be encouraged in children - unless of course you are grooming them to be trolls in an anonymous electronic bulletin board. Quote Note - For those expecting a response from Big Guy: I generally do not read or respond to posts longer then 300 words nor to parsed comments.
eyeball Posted May 2, 2015 Report Posted May 2, 2015 What if the laughing children's parents are at the other end of the store? Quote A government without public oversight is like a nuclear plant without lead shielding.
Bryan Posted May 2, 2015 Report Posted May 2, 2015 Should parents intervene when their free range kids laugh their heads off at the poor kids who are leashed? Both extremes can be perfectly fine depending on conditions. Some kids really can go and explore independently safely, others really do need to be tethered for their own safety. Quote
eyeball Posted May 2, 2015 Report Posted May 2, 2015 I get that both extremes can be perfectly fine depending on conditions. That said...I've seen kids who've been made to wear life jackets amongst a pile of kids who are not made to wear them. The kids who are wearing them look positively miserable. Its just that kind of a world these days. Quote A government without public oversight is like a nuclear plant without lead shielding.
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