As a former 90s kid, it changed when I grew up and realized how much danger I was in and how many close calls I ignored. Then I saw the crime and disappearances rates back then, significantly higher than now. I got into true crime and saw what happened to the kids that weren’t as lucky as me. As a result, my kids never leave my sight, without being overbearing of course.
“True Crime” isn’t real. It’s based on reality, but everything is turned up to 11. I honestly think it’s one of the larger media issues today. People, like you, watch it and think everyone is a threat. Fuck that. You need to be a little careful, but most people are normal people who want to help each other. If true crime were accurate, it’d show you that most of these abductions are by people you’re friends with or family, not a stranger. Stop being so scared. You’re hurting their development.
As a result, my kids never leave my sight, without being overbearing of course.
As every overbearing parent has said. No one thinks they’re the overbearing parent.
I said I watched it, I no longer do. There are too many problematic things even in addition to what you’ve said. I’m not being overbearing, but you can be sure I’ll be meeting the parents of any sleepover situations. Sexual abuse is rampant, it happened to me and most of my friends growing up. Not taking that chance.
And yet, you are increasing the chances of your children suffering an early death by doing so. You are lowering the average life expectancy of your children.
Kids need unsupervised time free of their parents’ eyes. That’s how kids learn to be independent adults. You give them the chance to act independently and make mistakes while the stakes are still low.
You can’t keep them chained up forever. Eventually they will have to act independently. And when that day comes, if they have no experience being independent free human beings responsible for their own actions? Well they’re going to make extremely poor choices, as they’ve never had any practice in independent living before.
Yes, allowing your kid independence increases the risk that they’ll be abducted at age 12. But it decreases the risk they’ll die of an overdose at 22. And the former is astronomically less likely than the latter.
As a former 90s kid, it changed when I grew up and realized how much danger I was in and how many close calls I ignored. Then I saw the crime and disappearances rates back then, significantly higher than now. I got into true crime and saw what happened to the kids that weren’t as lucky as me. As a result, my kids never leave my sight, without being overbearing of course.
“True Crime” isn’t real. It’s based on reality, but everything is turned up to 11. I honestly think it’s one of the larger media issues today. People, like you, watch it and think everyone is a threat. Fuck that. You need to be a little careful, but most people are normal people who want to help each other. If true crime were accurate, it’d show you that most of these abductions are by people you’re friends with or family, not a stranger. Stop being so scared. You’re hurting their development.
As every overbearing parent has said. No one thinks they’re the overbearing parent.
I said I watched it, I no longer do. There are too many problematic things even in addition to what you’ve said. I’m not being overbearing, but you can be sure I’ll be meeting the parents of any sleepover situations. Sexual abuse is rampant, it happened to me and most of my friends growing up. Not taking that chance.
And yet, you are increasing the chances of your children suffering an early death by doing so. You are lowering the average life expectancy of your children.
Kids need unsupervised time free of their parents’ eyes. That’s how kids learn to be independent adults. You give them the chance to act independently and make mistakes while the stakes are still low.
You can’t keep them chained up forever. Eventually they will have to act independently. And when that day comes, if they have no experience being independent free human beings responsible for their own actions? Well they’re going to make extremely poor choices, as they’ve never had any practice in independent living before.
Yes, allowing your kid independence increases the risk that they’ll be abducted at age 12. But it decreases the risk they’ll die of an overdose at 22. And the former is astronomically less likely than the latter.