Parents should pay less attention to their kids anyway. Let them climb and fall.

Parents should pay less attention to their kids anyway. Let them climb and fall.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2014/11/13/parents_on_smartphones_are_to_blame_for_more_kids_in_the_e_r_a_new_study.html

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  1. Paul BeakleyNovember 13, 2014 at 2:21 PM

    I probably get static on this point at least twice a week. From helicopter parents.

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  2. Casey G.November 13, 2014 at 2:36 PM

    I've never had anyone say anything to me, but I'm not a stay-at-home parent either so less opportunity. I would have a hard time controlling my temper with a stranger who critiqued my parenting technique.

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  3. Paul BeakleyNovember 13, 2014 at 2:40 PM

    Oh let me clarify: It's never so obvious as someone tsking me in person. It's more like...rolled eyeballs and indignant huffs. Passive aggressive. But my kid is also a year or two more physically competent than her peers, because we've let her figure it out. So they're not wrong, not exactly -- their own children might very well be in danger if they tried the stuff Iris tries.

    We live in a house with stairs and sharp corners. We didn't kid-proof the house, we house-proofed the kid. She's taken some tumbles, cried, learned, and proceeded.

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  4. Casey G.November 13, 2014 at 2:45 PM

    My wife's cousin's kids are barely allowed to walk past a coffee table without being told to be careful. And you're right, they're 7 and 5 and probably couldn't do things Coop can at 3.

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