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I grew up knowing how quickly bad things can happen and I have used that knowledge in my parenting to balance freedom and supervision to keep my children safe and healthy. I know that we can't protect our kids from any possible harm, but [b]I will do my best to keep from putting them in situations that are beyond their age to handle[/b]. 
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I am certain that the Meitivs are also doing their best to keep from putting their children in situations that are beyond their age to handle. And since the Meitivs know their children, and you don't, there's a good chance that the Meitivs have a better idea of what their children can handle than you do.[/quote]

You're certain that they're doing that, eh?  Why?  Do you know them?[/quote]

Have you read interviews with them? They're not just saying, "Oh, what the hell, let's drop the kids off in the woods with bread crumbs in their pockets and let them make their way home, it seems like they ought to be ready for that." They have really thought about these questions systematically. In fact, they've probably thought about them much more than I have.[/quote]

Agreed.  They are looking at it based on math and science, and the way organizations assess risk, not beliefs based on emotions.[/quote]

Oh, of course, that makes sense now. How silly to allow emotion to affect my decisions about parenting my children! I am sure that when they are adults my children will be much happier if I switch to a math- and science-based parenting system. 
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Who said take emotions out of your parenting?  However, if you make your decisions based solely on emotions, then you're probably not making good decisions.  We pick and choose when to follow our guts.  Most of us allow are kids to ride in cars, and that's the number cause of child deaths in the US -- and 66% of them were in car seats.  [/quote]

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