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<blockquote data-quote="house of cards" data-source="post: 271490" data-attributes="member: 2005"><p>I also think it depends on the child, but there is now a culture of protecting the kids that interferes with the parent's decisions. An example is lunch. With my older kids, they forgot their lunch maybe 1 or 2 times in grade school. I did not rescue them, natural consequences. The school did not rescue them. Their friends would give them spare amounts of food, which allowed the friends a chance to show compassion. My kids ate a lean meal and they learned to remember their lunch. </p><p></p><p>Now, the kids have to charge a lunch if they don't bring one, it gives them a reward for forgetting their lunch, my younger crew have been known to intentionally forget on pizza day.</p><p></p><p>Another example of society going wacky, in my opinion, is a law in my state(fairly sure it is a law) that a kid has to be 12 or older to be left alone in a car. I want to be able to send my kid to the car for a time out if necessary, at the very least, I want to be able to run into Wawa without 5 kids in tow.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="house of cards, post: 271490, member: 2005"] I also think it depends on the child, but there is now a culture of protecting the kids that interferes with the parent's decisions. An example is lunch. With my older kids, they forgot their lunch maybe 1 or 2 times in grade school. I did not rescue them, natural consequences. The school did not rescue them. Their friends would give them spare amounts of food, which allowed the friends a chance to show compassion. My kids ate a lean meal and they learned to remember their lunch. Now, the kids have to charge a lunch if they don't bring one, it gives them a reward for forgetting their lunch, my younger crew have been known to intentionally forget on pizza day. Another example of society going wacky, in my opinion, is a law in my state(fairly sure it is a law) that a kid has to be 12 or older to be left alone in a car. I want to be able to send my kid to the car for a time out if necessary, at the very least, I want to be able to run into Wawa without 5 kids in tow. [/QUOTE]
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