27 years ago I accidentally ran the hardest, strangest Easter egg hunt

Re:27 years ago I accidentally ran the hardest, strangest Ea... by cortesoft on Monday April 18, 2022 @01:19PM (#31073682)

My response was under the assumption that when parents don't let their kids try something, it is almost always because the parent thinks it is too dangerous for them. By saying we should let them try stuff parents don't think they are ready for, it sounded to me like they were saying "ignore the danger" or that the danger is not as great as parents think. If they weren't saying that, then the comment seemed meaningless to me... basically the equivalent of saying, "make sure your kids eat the proper amount of food". It is a tautology, without any prescriptive advice.

I doubt many parents are just stopping their kids from trying things simply because they don't think they will succeed... it is always because non succeeding would have some negative consequence that is not worth the risk (e.g. the kid could get badly hurt, create a huge mess, destroy valuable property, etc).

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Re:27 years ago I accidentally ran the hardest, strangest Ea... by darkerside on Monday April 18, 2022 @08:29PM (#31078475)

I think there are certainly times where there is a negative consequence, and you should rationally say no. I disagree that it is always trivially easy to recognize and classify the situation, and for most parents, being unsure translates to No. Parent poster is encouraging people to do the work in those situations and decide whether there really is a negative consequence that isn't worth bearing, and encouraging them to raise their level of unacceptable risk.

I think you're engaging in black and white thinking by saying things are either dangerous or not. There's an in between.

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