>> Bubble wrapping children against every possible harm isn't practical, or helpful. <<
What I've seen suggests it's actively harmful. Much like the "must have everything clean and sanitized" mania that was prevalent late last century or so led to increased likelihood of disorders in immune systems that had not been exposed to a sufficient variety of not-self while they were at their most flexible and adaptable.
Giving children independence and freedom of movement commensurate with their experience in same seems from here to be vital in fostering those same qualities as they come into their adulthood. The time period where this process was compromised by a feeling that one was not a proper parent if one ever let one's children out of sight of someone personally responsible for them matches up all too well with the rise in boomerang children for my taste.
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Date: 2020-02-14 01:05 am (UTC)What I've seen suggests it's actively harmful. Much like the "must have everything clean and sanitized" mania that was prevalent late last century or so led to increased likelihood of disorders in immune systems that had not been exposed to a sufficient variety of not-self while they were at their most flexible and adaptable.
Giving children independence and freedom of movement commensurate with their experience in same seems from here to be vital in fostering those same qualities as they come into their adulthood. The time period where this process was compromised by a feeling that one was not a proper parent if one ever let one's children out of sight of someone personally responsible for them matches up all too well with the rise in boomerang children for my taste.