(August 10, 2016 at 9:42 am)Losty Wrote: Sure you can encourage whatever you like. It's this attitude of looking down on people (not saying you personally do this) who are more over protective than you that bothers me.
For the most part I let my kids do all kinds of stuff that secretly terrifies me inside as long as I'm there and it's being done the way I think is best.
Things I won't allow; fishing without me ever period (much to my sister's dismay), riding any amusement park rides that they're technically too short or too young for or that I otherwise deem "unsafe looking", riding in the front seat of a car or without a booster seat ever, staying over with a friend whose parents I don't know personally or trust.
Some that people really find crazy: no koolaid or other "juices" that consist of nothing but corn syrup food color and sugar, no pop/soda/fizzy drinks or whatever you call it, no tea or other caffeinated drinks, extremely limited junk food. I think Leli was 4 when I first started letting her have food with seasoning on it. I'm super picky about whose dogs they can pet, I never ever let them play outside unsupervised, honestly...they don't do much of anything unsupervised. Even when they're sleeping I like to stop in and check to make sure they're ok before I lay down myself.
In practice I don't think I'm that over protective. Though I really don't let them drink from water spickets or even public water fountains. I'm an anxious parent but I try to hide it because I don't want my kids to be anxious. A lot of issues I have also include the way other people want to be able to treat my kids. This is mostly an issue with my son. People really dislike when I tell them they can't tell him he's not allowed to cry because he's a boy.
Most of that is common sense to me.
(August 10, 2016 at 9:42 am)Losty Wrote: Baha. I don't know how this thread became me venting about how I am tired of people telling me how to raise my kids. Fml sorry guys.
No need to apologize, we're good. Sorry if I got you torqued out of shape.
