One
of my favorite parenting blogs recently pointed out that "it's pretty
amazing to hear a government official -- even across the pond" say that
"by scraping knees, grazing elbows and getting bruises, children
learn 'valuable lifelong lessons' that will help them to avoid more
serious injuries in later life."
I couldn't agree more - it is amazing! In an age where helicopter parenting and over-scheduling are rampant, people need to hear that "children can learn valuable lifelong lessons, particularly
about risks and how to deal with them, from playing in the natural
environment, and that parents have to accept that their children may get
injured. Bumps, bruises and grazes are not serious injuries and are part of
growing up.”
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