Finding out, many years later, about all the things my kids did (and survived unhurt) that I never knew about, was a bit of a shock. However, I’m glad they took risks, sometimes suffering consequences. “What does not kill us makes us stronger,” if and only if we let it. Raising kids who are never exposed to danger, distress, and the fact that the world is pink with purple polka dots, has big, shiny teeth, and doesn’t care who it chews on is a terrible mistake.
Finding out, many years later, about all the things my kids did (and survived unhurt) that I never knew about, was a bit of a shock. However, I’m glad they took risks, sometimes suffering consequences. “What does not kill us makes us stronger,” if and only if we let it. Raising kids who are never exposed to danger, distress, and the fact that the world is pink with purple polka dots, has big, shiny teeth, and doesn’t care who it chews on is a terrible mistake.