Comments on: A dangerous life http://notesfromhome.com/2007/05/18/dangerous-life/ motherhood in real-time Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:07:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: MotherPiehttp://notesfromhome.com/2007/05/18/dangerous-life/comment-page-1/#comment-883 MotherPie Sat, 19 May 2007 13:56:11 +0000 http://mostleast.com/?p=325#comment-883 What is it, yes, that makes boys take those risks? Your trip sounds wonderful to Italy... and homeschooling is a challenge. It seems like children today are protected from everything more so than when we were young... at least in the US.You think they can "learn by doing" but then you have the latest brain studies showing that they can't extrapolate the effects of their actions until mid-20s. So how do you teach how to think about consequences....Risks. Raising children is a risky thing, I think. What is it, yes, that makes boys take those risks? Your trip sounds wonderful to Italy… and homeschooling is a challenge. It seems like children today are protected from everything more so than when we were young… at least in the US.

You think they can “learn by doing” but then you have the latest brain studies showing that they can’t extrapolate the effects of their actions until mid-20s. So how do you teach how to think about consequences….

Risks. Raising children is a risky thing, I think.

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