Should kids experience fall and get up on their own?


Should kids experience fall and get up on their own?

Today’s children are well-cushioned;
helmets, elbow and knee pads.
So they don’t experience injury and pain.

Will this soft ‘brick’ withstand ‘hard knocks‘ ?

father teaching his son how to ride a bike
Photo by Yan Krukov on Pexels.com

Quote:

The greatest glory in living is not in falling,

but in rising every time we fall – Nelson Mandela.

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  1. Yernasia Quorelios's avatar Yernasia Quorelios says:

    💜 Parental Anxiety Damages Kids far more than Allowing Kids Free Reigns to Experiment and Experience EveryOne; as a Writer I Do a Lot of Observing and Reporting and I Conclude that there ARE, Broadly, Two Different Types of Parents on The Kerbside waiting with Their Kids to Cross a Busy Road…there’s The Anxious Parent who insists on Hand Holding and Transfers Anxiety to Their Kids; then there’s Parents who have established a Communicative Relationship with Their Kids who Learn Early On to Wait at The Kerbside, Look Left, Look Right and Then, When Clear, Cross The Road…as a ChildLess Male I Just Want to Acknowledge that this Mode of Parenting is NOT!!! as Simple it Sounds; that’s probably why I AM ChildLess EveryOne…it’s Horrible Little Brats; for whom I’ll Only Ever Be an Uncle who is There For Them while Living The Simple Life of a ChildLess, Single Writer

    …💛💚💙…

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    1. Thanks for your comment.🙏

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      1. Yernasia Quorelios's avatar Yernasia Quorelios says:

        💜 YOU!!! ARE Most Welcome SupaSoulSis; it’s a Pleasure to Share and Serve, Stay Strong and Serene

        …💛💚💙…

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  2. I remember my wife rang me one time and she said our nine year old at the time had just fallen off the top of the side fence. I said to her to wait a few seconds. Then she replied that she had just seen him running towards the bush out the back. I said well he is obviously alright then 😊

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    1. Practical parenting👍🙏🙏🙏💐

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  3. When my younger brother fell on the sidewalk and started crying, I was shocked when my mom and my aunt waited and watched from the kitchen window. When no one came running, he got up and walked away. It was a parenting lesson I never forgot.

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    1. 😂😂😂 I love this!

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  4. haoyando's avatar haoyando says:

    Yes, that is a great point. We are want to be as independent as we can. LOL.

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    1. Yes, we all do!😊

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  5. It’s important to give kids some independence so they become stronger from their “falls”.

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  6. Yernasia Quorelios's avatar Yernasia Quorelios says:

    💜 There is a Lot of Research in to OverCareTaking and OverSanitising “kids” EveryOne; it’s Crystal Clear Clarity that We ‘Grown Up’ KiDults ARE Still Here

    …💛💚💙…

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    1. I like the words ‘OverCareTaking and OverSanitising “kids”, dear Crystal Clear Clarity!

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