"We Protect Kids From Everything But Fear"
Fear is the new fuel of the American mom. If it's not fear of her child becoming obese, it's the fear of falling behind, missing out on a sports scholarship or winding up with a thin college-rejection envelope.
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It's not that I think parents shouldn't worry about anything. I'm personally petrified of SUV drivers on cell phones. I fret as much as the next mom about how to pay for college. I pray my kids won't wander onto MySpace and post something dumb.
But you can't go around afraid of everything. It's too exhausting! No matter how careful you are, bad stuff happens (diaper rash, stitches, all your friends assigned to another class). And it's seldom the end of the world.
Amen to that.
1 comment:
I agree!!This woman has "hit the nail on the head". Many things that we did as parents in the "old days" have not kept the young adults from becoming responsible adults. Maybe we do worry about the wrong things. gj
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