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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So many scared, scared, fearful parents here, busy frightening their kids.

I would have no problem leaving a responsible 9 year old home from school for a day, or for an hour or two in the evening.  [/quote]

The coddling helicopter mommies want full control.  Hysteria over every possible little thing just pushes fear into all these kids.  I am scared how they will raise our grandkids.  [b]Everyone might be homeschooled by then.[/b] [/quote]

That's kind of interesting.  I run in homeschool circles, and although at first appearance the kids are coddled, I actually find the kids have way more independence.  (IN GENERAL, yes there are exceptions and obviously some variation family to family).  But in general, homeschool families are significantly larger than average and, often out of necessity, start entrusting 10 and 11 year olds with a lot of responsibility.  Toddlers are kind of ignored and certainly not spoonfed (figuratively and literally).  Kids starts doing independent school work at a pretty young age (as soon as they can read), where they are responsible for reading and completing different assignments with minimal help from the parent.  Anyway, just in my experience homeschooling parents tend to be the exact opposite of helicopter parents, and are typically more laid back and "trust in God" (ie, not so afraid of every little thing).  Just my observations.  I totally agree with your sentiment though, about how parents seem to be absolutely terrified these days (it starts in the womb) and how that fear gets instilled in kids from a very young age.[/quote]

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