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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had hundreds of sleepovers growing up and was never molested. Just because something can happen doesn’t mean it will happen. Everything can be dangerous, but living in a bubble doesn’t make a good life. I studied abroad in a foreign country before there was even Mapquest. All the challenges I faced in that time, figuring out the language, finding my way through the cities, helped me grow as a person. If my parents had refused to let me go because someone they knew had been pickpocketed in that country, my life would have been limited.

[b]Don’t let your personal anxieties hold your kids back[/b], please. If you read the Anxious Generation, you’ll find that you need to do the opposite of what you are doing now in order for your own kids to be healthy and happy. Try to let go. [/quote]

OP, please take the folded words to heart.  Your kids need to learn their own boundaries, their own strengths and weaknesses.  Your anxiety is front and center, and that will do more damage to your kids than say learning to ride a horse and breaking their collar bone.  Bones heal a lot faster than the mental health issues you are creating for your kids.[/quote]

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