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    END THE MOTHERF*CKING FEAR NOW YOU P*SSY *SS B*TCHES OR A BAD STRANGER WILL COME AND KILL YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ARRRRGHHHH!! On a more serious note, stop raising your kids to be pussies! They don't have to learn everything the hard way, but sometimes it is the best way. We might lose... more

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  • Rated by rayne05 on Nov 29 2008, 2:23pm

    Well said.

  • Rated by guruslash on Nov 24 2008, 4:07am

    excellent post and spot on, I know a good couple of people who grew up like that and it still shows now that they're adults.

  • Rated by LoneEel on Nov 14 2008, 7:38pm

    I agree with the sentiment that being a smothering and overprotective parent is probably a bad thing, but I think the author has vastly exaggerated the prevalence of that phenomenon. I'm a youngun - I wasn't raised like that, and neither was anyone I knew. My brother is eight years younger than I am - he wasn't raised like that, and neither were any of his friends.This is just an updated version of the "kids these days" gripe. I can't help but roll my eyes at the idea that "the next generation" is going to hell in a handbasket. That's exactly what your parents said about your generation, and their parents before them.

  • Rated by Melizzzard on Nov 11 2008, 10:30am

    I completely agree with this. I'm always disgusted looks from other parents when I trust my very independent and trustworthy 7 year old to do things on her own with out my interference.

  • Rated by wheresmyhouse on Nov 10 2008, 4:33pm

    I think the author might be exaggerating a bit, but he does make a very good point.

  • Rated by tishykb on Nov 09 2008, 1:45pm

    great post. As a kid, i had baby sitters all the time, i swear my mom even had sitters hanging around occasionally when we were 14... fortunately, after about 8 y/old, the sitters knew we weren't babies, and generally sat around and just hung out with us while we cooked (on a stove! omfg!) and watched horror movies. But for the most part, after I was about 12, we walked to the store and to mcdonalds and wherever we could... and i was never stolen, raped, kidnapped, or even overcharged for a pack of gum. everyone is so taken by how bad things could be to see how bad they really *aren't* - If you let what *could* happen rule your life, you wouldn't even be able to sit alone in your house without being afraid it would burn down, couldn't eat without be afraid of food poisoning, couldn't go outside for fear of getting hit by a car... i think parents should prepare their kids by teaching them how to handle situations, not avoid them completely.

  • Rated by Alienor on Nov 09 2008, 12:20am

    From the page: "Ultimately, the goal of parenting is to raise confident, independent, well rounded adults. How can you possibly accomplish that when your parental caution turns into downright hysterics and your frightened children decide to opt out of growing up completely?"