Jonathan Haidt is the bestselling author of The Anxious Generation and we love this quote about risk:
“Kids need risk, and if you don’t let them have it, they’ll find a way to get it. In every generation, to parents’ horror, kids have found ways to get hurt and to do stupid things like roller skate down railings or jump from one rooftop to another. Dangerous and horrible as that sounds to adults, it’s adaptive, meaning it’s part of healthy development.”
Every modern parent knows that kids have never been under more scrutiny: tracking apps, daily emails from teachers, ring cams, phone availability 24/7. In some instances, we may be causing more problems than providing more protection.
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