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I remember growing up in my neighborhood and a bunch of kids would play wiffle ball or baseball games with a tennis ball at my house, because the yard was so big to us at the time.
Where I live now, you do see kids playing in the neighborhood and it's pretty cool to see in the era of video games and the internet. There are still plenty of neighborhoods like that in my area.
But I bet they all wear helmets and knee pads. I posted this in another forum about a month or two ago. I saw a kid on a little tricycle (in a park) wearing a helmet. She was with her mother. She would have been farther away from the ground if she was just standing up on the ground - that's how far a fall would have been. I thought it was so over the top ridiculous, I took a photo of them. What's next - a helmet and knee pads for crawling babies? Play dates for overprotected wusses is not a stretch.
well, at least when I have children, they will get ahead of others in the real world since I won't be pampering them to be spineless cowards like many of these helicopter parents.
But I bet they all wear helmets and knee pads. I posted this in another forum about a month or two ago. I saw a kid on a little tricycle (in a park) wearing a helmet. She was with her mother. She would have been farther away from the ground if she was just standing up on the ground - that's how far a fall would have been. I thought it was so over the top ridiculous, I took a photo of them. What's next - a helmet and knee pads for crawling babies? Play dates for overprotected wusses is not a stretch.
I honestly think we are raising a generation of wimps, especially our boys, when they are overprotected like that. My daughter told me once about a boy who was beating up a girl in her lunchroom at school (this was high school) and said that everybody was so stunned that no one did a thing. I was fuming! When I was her age had a boy so much a laid a hand on a girl every guy in the room would have beaten the boy senseless. What the heck has happened? My mom, who works for the federal government, said that she went to a training class where the management was complaining that they have a hard time hiring because so many of them applicants bring their MOTHERS with them that it is ridiculous. They have to have their hands held because they can't do anything on their own to save their lives. Not only that, but there have been bosses called by moms when their employees have been reprimanded. What the heck?
I think we should let kids get bumps and bruises, have disappointments and sadness, and learn to be brave when necessary. They should learn to think on their own, how to make good decisions on their own, and learn to be considerate (I make my 15 year old call in if she can't make it to volunteer) We are not doing our kids a favor doing any and everything for them.
It's basically about how kids actually do well with lots of activities and it's the parents who feel stressed and overextended because of the scheduling.
not a chance, we are in a subdivision and I've kept us on renting level rather than buying mostly because of this. 3 different locations in this subdivision that has over 800 kids.... not a one.
Most of the issues stem from the parents themselves being overly involved in everything as well as their kids doing karate, dance, scouts, music lessons, etc. These parents fill the kids spare time with so much crap it's rediculous. So in order to play with the kid you have to know their schedule, etc.
One friend of our son had a schedule that was so bad he only had 3:30 - 4:30pm on Wednesday and Saturday morning 9-11am available to play. Totally sick!
I agree. It is sick. Parents these days have their noses so far up their kids asses it is embarrassing. And just think, these kids that have had all the obstacles removed from their lives are going to be running things before too long.
Greg
I do get touchy when it comes to this subject because the general public is dismissive when it comes to kids with life threatening allergies.
Look, I have no idea what causes the allergies, but I do know that they are real and frightening.
I am sure your friend is a fine doctor, no need to give me his qualifications. On the other hand, I have encountered many who I would not trust with the care of a hamster.
With regard to the doctors who theorize that parents oversterilize their kids, have they done any studies? Can they point to any published studies that corroborate their theory? Or, because they muddled through medical school, feel they are qualified to give their unsubstantiated opinion.
Anyway, I did not want to take a personal shot at you or your friend. But, this is a personal subject for me and my family.
Actually, I have seen some blurbs about it on the web and yes, there have been studies on it. There was even something about it once on one of the nightly news shows on ABC like Nightline or similar - to be honest, I never saved the links or recorded the shows because I don't have to deal with it, so it was interesting to watch, but passed my mind afterward. The doctor friend indicated all the theories were being studied - that's all I know because he gets into medical geek speak if I ask for details and I fall asleep. I'm sure though you can Google it and dig up with some time, the articles about POSSIBLE links to kids immune problems and other things (chemicals, over sanitizing, etc).
Everywhere has playdates...it's just lame people actually calling it "playdates".
I can't believe everywhere... to be certain -
Playdate - a meeting time (play time) for children scheduled days to weeks in advance by the children's parents during an appropriate and mutual open slot in each children AND parents schedule.
They don't have play dates anywhere on LI and NYC, out of the neighborhoods I've lived in.
So is it anywhere on LI and NYC, or places you've lived? Might want to clairify that...
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