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Re:How Fact-Free Parenting Policies Rob Kids' Independence by oblio on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @02:46AM (#15181692)
Every "bet" consideration needs to include possible loss, not only the odds. Losing your child is for many people not that far off from losing their own life, so people tend to react in a very cautious way.
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Re:How Fact-Free Parenting Policies Rob Kids' Independence by imcrs on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @03:47AM (#15181882)
Not when they decide to drive themselves and their kids on the freeway every workday.
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Re:How Fact-Free Parenting Policies Rob Kids' Independence by oblio on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @04:23AM (#15182011)
The illusion of control is just as important :)
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Re:How Fact-Free Parenting Policies Rob Kids' Independence by walterstucco on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @04:47AM (#15182118)
but much more dangerous
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Re:How Fact-Free Parenting Policies Rob Kids' Independence by walterstucco on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @04:46AM (#15182113)
> Losing your child is for many people not that far off from losing their own life,

Usually losing a kid is due untreatable diseases and bad parenting (like driving them to school without taking proper safety measures and suffer the consequences of an accident)

There's no evidence that going to school alone is more dangerous than staying home with grandpa's guns

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