@Rick D. Roll I disagree with that parenting style. What I will agree with is that kids need to know why something is good or bad as opposed to just being told what to do or not to do.
The claim that kids will grow up "too innocent" or "too dumb" because they haven't been given a chance to do all of the bad things in life is just a terrible and apathetic non-parenting style. It often leads to super bad outcomes and only rarely leads to good ones. A parent's duty is to help their children avoid bad outcomes as much as humanly possible through a combination of education, restrictions and postive/negative reinforcement. The idea that 2/3rds of the parental job is bad started to become widespread in the late 90's due to Hollywood pushing TV shows and movies depicting strong parenting as "bad" and non-parenting as "good". You know it's great when Hollywood pushes it. I mean, look at how well-balanced all of the kids in Hollywood turned out to be. :D
And I don't think it's "putting them in a bubble" when you keep kids from doing bad things or when you remove bad things from children's easy access. Sure, occasionally kids will go out of their way to access only the bad stuff when they are restricted from it but often times it does keep kids away from the bad stuff long enough to prevent the worst case scenarios. If you philosophically disagree then by all means keep the cupboard under the sink unlocked for your toddlers and don't secure your guns in a safe.
But, each to their own. I'm raising my kids one way and I know it's not the "Hollywood approved" way. That's also probably why it's going to be far more successful.
The claim that kids will grow up "too innocent" or "too dumb" because they haven't been given a chance to do all of the bad things in life is just a terrible and apathetic non-parenting style. It often leads to super bad outcomes and only rarely leads to good ones. A parent's duty is to help their children avoid bad outcomes as much as humanly possible through a combination of education, restrictions and postive/negative reinforcement. The idea that 2/3rds of the parental job is bad started to become widespread in the late 90's due to Hollywood pushing TV shows and movies depicting strong parenting as "bad" and non-parenting as "good". You know it's great when Hollywood pushes it. I mean, look at how well-balanced all of the kids in Hollywood turned out to be. :D
And I don't think it's "putting them in a bubble" when you keep kids from doing bad things or when you remove bad things from children's easy access. Sure, occasionally kids will go out of their way to access only the bad stuff when they are restricted from it but often times it does keep kids away from the bad stuff long enough to prevent the worst case scenarios. If you philosophically disagree then by all means keep the cupboard under the sink unlocked for your toddlers and don't secure your guns in a safe.
But, each to their own. I'm raising my kids one way and I know it's not the "Hollywood approved" way. That's also probably why it's going to be far more successful.
