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Originally Posted by taco.vidal
It was crazy to see how little some kids are allowed to do on their own. By not letting your child venture out on his own you are preventing them from learning many life skills. One big one is risk assessment. Your child is either going to become a young adult and then an adult that is in fear eveything as the person described above or they are not going to be able to recognize risk and not be able to avoid bad scenarioa and be overtrusting.
Real life problem solving is another skill you develop by experience.
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This. So much this. This is something I have been noticing become increasingly VERY apparently in my line of work (Yes, this is purely anecdotal, I understand that). But it's something that is very clearly becoming a thing, and a problematical thing, at that.