In article <fu8f73$2gi$2@aioe.org>,
Todd Allcock <elecconnec@AmericaOnLine.com> wrote:

> At 17 Apr 2008 08:52:23 -0400 Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
>
> > It took someone ELSE to tell you that helicopter parenting is bad?
> >
> > Jesus. You didn't grow up with that, did you? So why would you even
> > think about doing it to your own kids?
>
>
> In Steven's defence, as a parent of three kids 10 and younger, we're
> products of our times. Try being a "low key" parent by today's standards
> and you're regarded as an unfit mutant freak, who should have their kids
> taken away by the state!
>
> I'm certainly low-key compared to my kids' friends' parents, but still
> waaaay too involved compared to my own. But I'm working on it...

Seems like kids today are allowed the play and discovery that kids had
when I grew up.
We ate dirt (so we have great immune systems). Weren't driven everywhere
- we had bikes or walked to school. We also bonded with our friends more
after school.
Parents today have peer pressure to overprotect their kids.
Kids have no easy way of learning their boundaries today. (We got
whooped when we overstepped)
Bad time to be a kid.

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