Jana PleytoWhen to let go..
January 25th 2007 01:19
We are living in a scary society ladies and gents. I am the parent of an eight year old daughter, and I am petrified of letting her out of my sight.
I know I have friends that think Im a freak, but when is it ok to let our kids go places on their own, to trust they wont be abducted, raped, etc? We are living in a world full of sick individuals, predators.
She is eight. When I was eight, I wasnt scared of going to the park on my bike and hanging out alone or with friends, and my parents werent afraid to let me go.
Today is a totally different story!
What do you think????
I know I have friends that think Im a freak, but when is it ok to let our kids go places on their own, to trust they wont be abducted, raped, etc? We are living in a world full of sick individuals, predators.
She is eight. When I was eight, I wasnt scared of going to the park on my bike and hanging out alone or with friends, and my parents werent afraid to let me go.
Today is a totally different story!
What do you think????
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Comment by David
I'm not a parent. Too paranoid about my own behaviour, thanks very much ... without the added worry of having a daughter when I know there are people like me inhabiting this planet ... (The film 'American Beauty' comes to mind ... My poor old 'downhill and uphill slide' days? ...
But I saw your post and found it quite appealing,
So I'm just here to say how y' goin? ...
To me? You sound caring, not over-protective ... and good on ya ...
So, just voting ... commenting ... and now I'm going ...
Nice conversational post with a question to give the reader's mind a workout ... Keep em coming ...
David ...