[Moose4]

Pushing your child to excel is a good thing. But hovering over every single second of their lives, the kind of over-regimentation we see in the stereotypical "soccer mom" nowadays, that's not a good thing. Kids need time to be kids, to play the way THEY want to play, to explore. They don't need every single second of their lives scheduled from the time they're three years old!

}:-)4

[Kimmers]

My friend was trying to sell her house was told by one couple that her front yard was too bumpy for her children to play on.....

I guess these parents would not have allowed their children to play with mine. Mine built tree houses, shot BB guns which later turned into hunting with dad (I pulled them out of school for that) I allowed them to behave like boys that have turned into great young men...