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By: Interesting Year For Parenting Old School

Interesting Year For Parenting Old School — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:57:40 +0000

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By: Sue Tremblay

Sue Tremblay — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 05:46:14 +0000

I’m without kids but like your blog Keith! Some of the risks we took as kids that I remember: seatbelts – huh?; bike riding at full speed with OUT helmets; kamikaze skiing at Edm Ski Club – sans helmet or protective gear; same experience with sledding – no helmets or protective padding; peanut butter every day; scratches, scrapes and bee stings were an expected part of summer; the list goes on…..

By: Keith Wilcox

Keith Wilcox — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 04:48:20 +0000

I’m with you all the way on that sentiment. I found myself becoming somewhat overprotective also about a year ago. But, allowing kids to do dangerous things is simply the way parenting used to be done before, as you say, we started bubble wrapping our kids. That’s definitely a book I’m interested in. And I’m going to see that TED presentation right now.
Keith Wilcox´s last [type] ..So you Want to be a Runner- No Talent No Problem

By: Odds and Ends – Fifty Dangerous Things

Odds and Ends – Fifty Dangerous Things — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:47:44 +0000

[...] searching the web for references to 50 DT, I discovered a wonderful blog by Keith Rispin called, "Parenting Old School – Age old parenting in a New Age World." The little girl wielding the axe on the homepage definitely [...]