http://www.lostateminor.com/2009/09/03/the-joys-of-1970s-parenting/ Lost At E Minor: For creative people Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:56:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 http://www.lostateminor.com/2009/09/03/the-joys-of-1970s-parenting/#comment-349490 Angela B Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:01:56 +0000 http://www.lostateminor.com/?p=23362#comment-349490 As a child in the late sixties an dearly seventies I thoroughly revelled in the freedom of being able to roam the rooftops of a small town, climb trees and shimmy up poles. Its called exploring. The hyper-vigilance of today's parenting (while necessary in some respects) cramps kids style and doesn't augur well for developing active, resilient, curious, grown ups. As a child in the late sixties an dearly seventies I thoroughly revelled in the freedom of being able to roam the rooftops of a small town, climb trees and shimmy up poles. Its called exploring. The hyper-vigilance of today’s parenting (while necessary in some respects) cramps kids style and doesn’t augur well for developing active, resilient, curious, grown ups.

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