What if there were high quality chat roulette networks; Eg: does anyone remember that weird video dating concept using VHS
yes, we’ve talked to him about what he’s likely to find and what it means and what to do when it happens. i don’t believe in filtering the world from our kids.
Hear! Hear! No net nanny for my son either. Once you let someone else decide what to filter you have ceded control to them. If you don’t let someone be responsible for their own actions they will never learn how to. I would rather he learns about the world with me in the picture.
Yes. You have to work them up to applying judgment in making big, difficult choices by working their way up to them through smaller choices in a reasonably safe environment.A good book on Helicopter Parenting – Madeline Levine’s “The Price of Privilege”. There is increasing documentation that when helicopter parents are out of sight (e.g. college) their children can be paralyzed bc they can’t make their own eworks consistent with their age.The forbidden fruit is a lot more tempting than what’s freely available.
oh schnap….larry jones just crossed the line there folks….a family diss….a PARENTING diss….i mean i am all for brutal disses but let’s keep it above the belt folks…..i mean this is one step from a “your mom” diss…..brutal….we def need red flags out here in fredland
Both of us have great relationships with our parents, I think we both turnd out ok
Your parenting style has my vote!You’ve framed the scope and behavioral response constraints.The right to grow and learn with an open channel to dad as a backstop.My son is 21 now and I thing that approach work out well.Continue reading