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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am not sure whether having a lower threshold for dangerous play means you allow more or less?[/quote]

I allow more dangerous play than other parents.[/quote]

Buttt why [/quote]

Because i think its good for them to learn to manage risk at a younger age to be safer when they are older.[/quote]

I'm someone who allows a fair amount of risk.  But freedom to play, and experiences with things like woodworking tools and stoves and knives in the kitchen.

But, I also think there's value in learning to manage social situations from a younger age, and allowing your kids to show off behaviors that their friends aren't allowed to do is teaching them to be obnoxious.  Find other opportunities for risks, and set limits in the situations you describe where other parents are saying no.

For the situations in your own home, when the other parents aren't there, it's harder because you might allow something, that you don't know the other parent wouldn't allow.[/quote]

In those situations, I do tell my kids to stop what they're doing, that they're being bad influences.  But one of my kids is a bit oppositional and defiant, so doesn't listen.  And in a situation like that, where we have always allowed them to do the said thing (like climb high up a tree), I can't seem to convince them why they should come down.  And if I bring up the other kids, it just seems to make them resent their presence more because it limits them from doing their normal thing.[/quote]

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