[PeterPrinciple]

But there is a growing consensus that in holding our children too close, we risk damaging their ability to manage and live with risk

Every kid ought to have his own 40 acres to play on and there out to be 40 acres between each kid.

[theDentist]

Beware the dingos.

[ClearCase_guy]

a deeper sense of self-belief

We used to call it confidence. Weird phrase makes me think they are setting up a Church of Self.

[Species8472]

A boy tries to light dry grass under a pyramid of twigs. Eventually, it catches and he lies on his side to blow the embers into crackling life. Tonight he and his friends will dine on a thin stew made of thistles and heather leaves, cooked over the fire. They will sleep in a makeshift bivouac on a bed of ferns.

We use to call this "Boy Scouts"