Not a parent but I read this and have my personal opinions, curious what others think about it.

  • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
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    15 days ago

    If you actually read it (or at least half of it, it was too long for me to finish) the author isn’t letting them play tag in a museum or anything crazy like that. There are people that do that kind of stuff, and there are limits to how wild your kids should get, but the author sounds like a reasonable parent comparing themselves to an unreasonable standard that they assume others are comparing them to.

    • wabasso@lemmy.ca
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      15 days ago

      That was my take as well. She even closes with asking us if we’re reacting to actual problems, or just what people perceive as problems (in other words, spirit or letter of the “law”).