I do this with my kid too. As long as he stays ahead of me so I can see him and doesn’t turn any corners, I think it’s good for him- to learn to trust himself to be *independent*, feel confident, and explore a little while being secure in knowing that I’m behind him. If I feel like he’s going too far I’ll just holler…

Needs more stars!

I think it’s less about people trying to argue that her decision was 100% appropriate and more that these were her kids, and her choice, and no one can judge it or definitively say that it wasn’t an appropriate call to make.

Children are so different. There is no quintessential “6 year old” or standard of behavior upon which to determine whether or not a 6 year old is mature enough to sit at a table with a 2 year old.

My 6 year old will not sit on a priority seat on public transportation even if no one needs the seat.

Guess when they say it takes a village, they mean a gated one.

Why you hating? :P

Ugh. I really feel for you. I can relate to being faced with limited/no options and having to settle for a situation I wasn’t 100% confident or comfortable with. No mother should ever be forced to compromise the security of her children in the present in order to secure for them a better future.

They were not alone.

The weird thing is, even though I feel like it’s crazy and overkill when folks get all up in arms over what used to be a very common way of raising kids (allowing them space, a certain amount of freedom, toughening up immune/respiratory systems), I have to admit that I don’t put my money where my mouth is in terms of…

Culture definitely plays a huge role. I grew up overseas and from the time I was tall enough to hit the button in the elevator of our apartment building I was off to the races.

Just the graphic got me itching.

Well we certainly don’t want to waste any of these formative years by waiting until they can read to print this stuff. Now they will have an entire catalogue of past fashion dont’s and peers to compare themselves to, just in case their reserves run low once they are old enough to begin doubting themselves.

I think this will be my approach- “one and done” once my kid starts losing his teeth. We can celebrate the symbolism of the first one, but beyond that I'm not too enthusiastic about rewarding him monetarily because Biology.

it’s a closely guarded proprietary blend, but I can tell you that one of its key ingredients is essence of blood diamond, liquefied by fossil fuel, then sealed in a special vial which is stored in said rich baby’s special asshole, thereby rendering rich baby shit that don’t stink, while simultaneously suspending the…

Dolphin went ham

Me too! Nobody can stand watching tv with me. They say it’s distracting but it is less distracting to me than missing any dialogue or plot points. This has been an informative thread...some closed captioning is so wonky that I was sure it was generated by some buggy computer program. If it isn’t, and they are all…

This.