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Re:Children should be allowed to get bored, expert says (2013) by coldtea on Monday July 29, 2024 @04:47AM (#41098910)
Most of the things you describe are part of a good childhood and learning boundaries and limits, and testing yourself, and growing harder, and having fun.

Sorry, but we had been living like that for ages before helicopter parents became the norm. Kids didn't die in the streets by the truckload, or jump off of roofs to their doom any any number to statistically matter, as this alarmist comment implies.

Re:Children should be allowed to get bored, expert says (2013) by watwut on Monday July 29, 2024 @08:06AM (#41099784)
Kids mortality used to be much higher then it is now.
Re:Children should be allowed to get bored, expert says (2013) by coldtea on Monday July 29, 2024 @08:50AM (#41100051)
For totally different reasons. We're not talking about street urchins in Victorian era or pre-modern medicine child mortality.
Re:Children should be allowed to get bored, expert says (2013) by watwut on Monday July 29, 2024 @08:57AM (#41100104)
The deadly accidents were a thing the way they basically are not a thing now.
Re:Children should be allowed to get bored, expert says (2013) by argiopetech on Monday July 29, 2024 @09:18AM (#41100233)
Yet, accidents are still the leading cause of death for children 0-14 years of age.

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/child-health.htm

Re:Children should be allowed to get bored, expert says (2013) by coldtea on Monday July 29, 2024 @09:18AM (#41100234)
You can't die if you're already not living
Re:Children should be allowed to get bored, expert says (2013) by Zambyte on Monday July 29, 2024 @09:55AM (#41100460)
Kids mental health used to be much better than it is now.