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Kids want to be part of the real world, a stationary bike doesn't prepare them for anything but moving their legs in a circular motion.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
You can burn calories on this [ stationary bike ], but you can't get to know your neighbors.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Kids have been thrown from very adult organized life into one where there is a much bigger stretch of unstructured time.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
If you live in a culture that says you can't let your kids get off the bus without an adult there to take him home, or we'll arrest you for letting your kids walk home from the park, how can you do anything other than spend more time with them than you otherwise care to ?
Found on CNN 5 years ago
One thing to remember is that none of us are purely anything. People think I am anti-helicopter parenting, but what I am really against is a culture that has made us so scared about everything, like Our Kids falling behind or getting hurt.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
We live in a fear-infused culture in which we’ve lost perspective on safety, common activities like leaving a child in a car are often presented as though they pose enormous threats to our safety.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
Unless there is real evidence of abuse, a simple decision like a parent leaving their kid in the car while they run into a store doesn’t give a concerned citizen the right to start legal proceedings against a family, often the thinking is, it’s better to place a child in foster care than allow her parent to let her sleep in a car.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
We've been encouraged in our society to do what I call worst-first thinking, which is come up with the worst-case scenario first and proceed as if it's likely to happen, and that's what happened with The Meitivs, someone sees two children alone, and they leap to' Oh, my God, they're neglected. What if they're run over by a Mack truck ? What if they're kidnapped ? There are predators all around.'.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
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