I read this article today about "over-parenting" - the new fad that is perhaps protecting our kids too much. Maybe, just maybe, a little experience in life could do them some good. It's long, but fantastic, if you have a few minutes:
http://www.parentcentral.ca/parent/article/631582
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I'm not gonna lie, after hundreds and hundreds of times reining him back, I intentionally let Shea fall off the bed today. I figured falling a foot and a half was not likely to seriously hurt him, but might teach him a lesson.
Unfortunately, what wound up happening is he fell DIRECTLY onto his head (which I wasn't expecting). Didn't seriously hurt himself, but I did feel bad there. and he didn't learn a lesson.
But generally, yes, I think we tend to overprotect our kids in some ways.
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