[Parents] 5 Dangerous Things You Should Let Your Kid Do

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I heard aboout this TED Talk on This American Life Saturday afternoon.

When interviewed, he went much more in depth with the why behind these things. I thought the coolest rationale that he put forth was how we have created an environment where kids are taught to be consumers rather than creators.

I know a lot of you guys out there are parents, and this hopefully will spark some insightful dialogue about the endeavor.

My kids and I are looking for stuff to take apart as we speak.

 

I've given a lot of thought to this. In some ways the world is more dangerous. Cars drive faster and our travel times are longer. The internet seems to have opened up a Pandora's box with respect to sexual predators where they are more daring than they used to be.

On the other hand, there have always been sexual predators, and there has always been danger in the world. People are very fearful that their most prized "possession", their kids, will be lost forever. In a sense we have consumerized our kids into a commodity. That sucks.

This business of raising kids to be wonderful people ain't no joke.