if you could do something that not just mitigates risk, but eliminates it altogether, wouldn't you do that, especially where your children are concerned?
Why stop there? She'll be even safer if I don't let her leave the house at all!
In fact, I could make her wear a helmet, elbow and knee pads as well as shin guards and steel-toed boots while she's IN the house.
...just to be sure.
Seriously though, the problem is that she grows up not knowing HOW to walk down the street safely! She grows up never walking by the neighbor's flower garden, or the old 1939 Lincoln in Mr. Miller's back yard. In short, she misses out on an important part of what it means to be a child. She grows up not feeling safe outside in a largely beautiful, safe world!
Will you let her drive a car when she's a teenager? Why take the risk? Don't ever let her get a license.
Thank you. Very well put.
In my city of 125,000, there are probably 25 people who would harm a child and 124,975 who would protect them.
Wow, TChris - all this information about us being overprotective yet aren’t you the one who is always pushing for Gardisil so the “kids will be safe”? lol