Comments on: Our Risk Averse Culture Continues to Undermine the Development of Children http://www.openeducation.net/2008/08/04/our-risk-averse-culture-continues-to-undermine-the-development-of-children/ Free Education for All Fri, 13 May 2011 00:38:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Parenting Lessons at the Weekly Standard - OpenEducation.net http://www.openeducation.net/2008/08/04/our-risk-averse-culture-continues-to-undermine-the-development-of-children/#comment-1633 Parenting Lessons at the Weekly Standard - OpenEducation.net Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:06:25 +0000 http://www.openeducation.net/?p=274#comment-1633 [...] time when more and more child experts are in fact noting that today’s parenting practices are serving to shelter children too [...] [...] time when more and more child experts are in fact noting that today’s parenting practices are serving to shelter children too [...]

]]> By: nando http://www.openeducation.net/2008/08/04/our-risk-averse-culture-continues-to-undermine-the-development-of-children/#comment-1519 nando Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:35:22 +0000 http://www.openeducation.net/?p=274#comment-1519 I wish children were allowed some "dangerous" play. I learned a lot by playing when I was a kid. Not to mention had a lot of fun. I wish children were allowed some “dangerous” play. I learned a lot by playing when I was a kid. Not to mention had a lot of fun.

]]> By: Doug Schmidt http://www.openeducation.net/2008/08/04/our-risk-averse-culture-continues-to-undermine-the-development-of-children/#comment-1513 Doug Schmidt Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:53:58 +0000 http://www.openeducation.net/?p=274#comment-1513 A few years back I was hiking in the mountains of New Mexico with the boy scouts and when we reached the top of one of the peaks that overlooked the valley 1000's of feet below one of the scouts asked "where are the guide rails, someone could just walk off the side!" A sad commentary on our existance A few years back I was hiking in the mountains of New Mexico with the boy scouts and when we reached the top of one of the peaks that overlooked the valley 1000′s of feet below one of the scouts asked “where are the guide rails, someone could just walk off the side!”
A sad commentary on our existance

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