Most Nanny State laws aimed at protecting our children do a lousy job of it. We had children who can’t play tag or dodgeball for fear they might get hurt. We have teachers who can’t correct with red ink because it might hurt kids’ feelings. We have soda machines stocked with water because soda might make kids fat. We have spanking bans, playgrounds without slides or swings, and a whole host of other laws eager to protect our children. So our kids are much safer now, right?
Psychologists have been telling us that our over-protected, over-coddled children are unprepared to deal with realities of life because they’ve never experienced them. They are more prone to feeling angry and confused when faced with problems because they’ve never failed. They’re technically “safer” from bruises and scrapes than any generation in history, but they’re also more likely to be anxious and unhappy.
It seems as though we love our kids so much that we’re protecting them to death. Remember: Bad things happen all the time—and we learn from them….or at least we would if we were allowed to.
Glenn Beck, Arguing With Idiots, pg.164-165
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