[Angostura]

> If not, they learn actions have consequences.

Some of which are potentially fatal.

[mieseratte]

We can't just stop letting folks live life because something bad might happen. Otherwise we'll just say "Think of the children" and ban everything.

  Why don't we put pads on the kids, helmets, head gear and mouth pieces
  Then we could pad the floor and walls, put cameras inside bathroom stalls

  NOFX - Separation of Church and Skate[0]

[0] - https://genius.com/Nofx-the-separation-of-church-and-skate-l...

[Angostura]

If only there was some way of navigating between "I let my kids do anything" and "I let my kids do nothing".

[s_m_t]

Odd, we don't let adults do "anything" but somehow we don't place all of them under virtual house arrest

[mieseratte]

Well, I certainly never suggested letting ones kids "do anything," only noting that the point of letting kids roam is to afford them some freedom as individuals.