In Rich Winefield's column in the Winter Newsletter, he wrote about the need to let our children take risks - to allow our children to try and fail and try again in order to authentically build up their confidence and self-esteem. Solving their problems for them doesn't help them learn and grow. You can read the whole letter here for his take on risk-taking.

In the same vein, there's a great video from the TED conference from Gever Tulley, founder of the Tinkering School, where he talks about our new wave of overprotected kids -- and spells out 5 (and really, he's got 6) dangerous things you should let your kids do. Now, we're not particularly advocating for giving your 3-year-old a pocket knife or letting her play with matches!, but the provocative video is worth checking out.

What do you think? Are we too overprotective as a society? Or are we simply being reasonable parents? Share your thoughts in the comments...

This entry was posted on February 12, 2008 and is filed under Jennifer Caleshu.
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