October 22, 2007
what happens when your kids never gets to scrape his knee
kids today are turning into wusses. i've said it for years, and now people i hope are starting to see that all the things that we now do in the name of safety are in fact doing damage to our kids. yes, falling out of a tree hurts. it might even leave you with a broken bone or two. but when you consider some of the benefits - improving your balance and muscle control, learning how far you can push yourself before you fall, what exactly the playground looks like from above - is the risk really so great that we need to stop kids from climbing trees?
Safety first, yes, but today's overprotected kids need to live a little
"When children spend time in the
great outdoors, getting muddy, getting wet, getting stung by nettles,
they learn important lessons - what hurts, what is slippery, what you
can trip over or fall from. We need to try to break down the perceived
safety barriers to playing outside." (Peter Cornall, the head of leisure safety for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents in England)
so let your kid get muddy, suffer a few scrapes and bruises, and learn some of life's most important lessons!
Posted by lara at October 22, 2007 10:45 AM
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