I have two great kids that are young and still innocent. How do I preserve that these days? I want them to do sleep overs, Boy Scouts/Girl scouts and everything but I can’t trust anyone. I already live in a nice area. I don’t have the time to run every extracurricular activity and my wife stays at home. Is there a solution beyond over protecting them? I don’t want to do that either I let them take plenty of risks under my watch.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 76975435 Good grief. We went through the same turmoil. Freedom or helicopter?
I have 2 daughters who we cherish.
There's a fine line between being an overbearing parent and one who is an anything goes type, you are not alone.
We were very consistent with making sure they understood right from wrong first and foremost.
We helped with homework but made sure they understood it was their responsibility to get it done regardless of our input. If they needed help, they got it!
To shadow them is to deprive them of good coping skills in their dealings with others as life progresses and it is the hardest thing to do as a parent in letting go a bit.
The mean streets are there and you cannot protect them from that so you must give them the skills required to survive those mean streets.
Kids are a lot tougher than you think if given the opportunity to prove it.
18 yr old kids fought and destroyed whole armies in WW2 so don't think your kids can't!
