I read today a story that a kindergarten introduced protective order when the children were out playing. They wanted the children to wear helmets so they would not hurt them self.
This is not the first case of its kind, I have previously heard of cases where parents do not let the children play freely. They believe that it can be dangerous to play in such as trees, but the children doesnt learn to set boundaries for what is possible and not if they dont get climb in trees and play freely. Now I am talking not about the parents must let the children get powerful bone fractures and stuff like that, but bruises and graze. Every kid has well to hurt them self during their childhood, i mean that it should be a part of your childhood so that you are hardend for the rest of your life.
This is not the first case of its kind, I have previously heard of cases where parents do not let the children play freely. They believe that it can be dangerous to play in such as trees, but the children doesnt learn to set boundaries for what is possible and not if they dont get climb in trees and play freely. Now I am talking not about the parents must let the children get powerful bone fractures and stuff like that, but bruises and graze. Every kid has well to hurt them self during their childhood, i mean that it should be a part of your childhood so that you are hardend for the rest of your life.
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From what the humans have learned through the years, is that wee need protection to avoid major tragedies. The overprotecting from the parents may cause by all the violent in our world, or from a point that the parents had a few bad experience with this at a young age and tries to prevent it from happending to there child.
The parents have forgot how much funnier it is like climbing a tree. It's just stupid watching kids wearing helmets outdoor, standing on the ground without any bicycle at all. If the kids does not experience with how fun you can have and feel the freedom by running without a huge helmet on their head, they will have big issues as they grow up. One of the situation will be as they are older there pain threshold will be be incredible dangerous and just climbing a tree will become a dangerous action for them, because their parents learned them that it was a limit of possibilites.
in my opinnion i think that some parents are a little over protective to their childs.
people who is such over protective is really afraid for their kids to get hurt, maybe it is because they has been hurted before too, maybe bullyed?
i would myself had a helmet on my kid (if i had one:) if he/she was in a kindergarden.
because you dont know what to expect when you have a kid that rides the bike, and maybe is a little "wild" so over protective parents can be great but also a pain in the but.
I feel that using a helmet in a kinder garden sounds very strange, but I can understand that parents are concerned for their children when they are playing. Of course, not all children are careful and smart enough, but I think that all children should be allowed to play like they want to as long it not is to dangerous. I have been in a similar situation and I felt a little bit "over protected", but later I understood that it was for my own best.
I can understand why parents are being so protective, and that is good that they are to a certain level. But when your kid can not go outside and play alone without any parents at sight this protective “instinct” too mankind has gone too far! Imagine a child who never got bruises or any kind of resistance in their life until they where about 18 years old. The slightest resistance in their personal life would have brooked them. They would probably never move out of their parent’s house in the first place because they are depending on that mom and dad is going to be there when something’s go wrong.
Too all you parents that are a little bit too protective. Let your child/children learn by their mistakes! If they learn by their mistakes they will have learned what not to do next time. Yes, to learn by your mistakes can be rough, but it is the only way!
I mean that kids of course should be allowed to play alone without protection all over the body. Parents who do not give their kids
freedom, they will take all the childhood. The kids will not be prepared to grow up as normal human beings. They will be vulnerable
in the future. Everyone needs to hurt themselves, and learn from it. In Sweden, in homes and kindergarten, they have used helmet to
protect the kids. This is stupidity. Kids need to be kids.
Today it is not very uncommon that parents are overprotecting their children. This has been more and more common since my parents were at my age. Form my point of view this is wrong.
Lately there has been discussed whether it is wrong or not to use a helmet on small children during their playtime. In my opinion this is wrong. Using a helmet the children don’t learn to know where the border for their actions are. At some stage they have to take of their helmet. Then it is very likely that they are going to hurt themselves badly because the border for their actions is missing. The sooner a child learns that something hurts the less likely it will happen again. Also the sooner a child learns where the borders of their actions are the sooner they learn the consequences off their actions.
I think it is wise to protect your children’s, but not overprotecting them. A child should be able to learn about life in its own way and not just be told what is dangerous and not. The parents have to make sure that their child does not hurt itself badly or harms others. Children have to learn what to avoid by experiencing, because then they can learn how to act in different scenarios.
On the other hand, a couple of minor injuries can occur, but it will only teach the child how to prevent it in the future and can therefore prevent more serious injuries later.
Parents who "over protect" their children, the first thought I get in my mind is my mom, but when I read this story it is nothing compared to my mom.
Helmets in kinder garden, child learn by get hurt etc. Parents should always put consequences, but when a child can't play by theirself the child will get mad and angry further in the future, in my opinion.
Children teach children, let children be children.
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