August 30th, 2005
Knocks and Brusies
» motherhood
I was talking to my ex colleague a few days ago. Naturally, the centre of our conversation revolved around the kids. Since both the husband and wife happens to be very athletic people, I was curious to know if their 3 years old Erica is as sporty as them and how they manage to keep an active kid out of danger.
The wise words from my friend was, better let the kid runs around, hurts herself a bit and get use to falling down. It will be much harder to train the older kids to conquer the fear of falling down.
Oh well, it sounds so simple, but it never occurs to me in that light. Many parents, myself included, are protective parents, but we do agree to not to be over protective and let the children get some knocks and bruises, so that the children will learn that the particular action is dangerous and will not attempt it again.
Now, let me see if I can conquer my own fear of letting the kid falls down more often.
August 31st, 2005 at 10:56 am
I forgot to add on. If it’s only crawling, walking and falling. I’m totally ok. But if it’s flips down the sofa. No way man…
August 31st, 2005 at 11:20 pm
In a conversation with my German brother-in-law, it appears that the Westerners are very open to letting their kids climb trees and romp around shoeless. I find it very hard to do, although my husband’s always complaining that I’m too protective and that Sara needs to get a bump or two (or three!) to learn how to not bump herself. I guess he’s right, but it’s sure hard to “let go”!
September 1st, 2005 at 9:04 am
Yupe yupe, I think we are really afraid of those unfortunate fall that hit the most vulnerable spots, which make it so difficult for us to let go.