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Originally posted by James
Naaah, I have more faith in you than that, Justamom!
If your kids are very risk aversive or extremely socially conservative it means you have actually done a bad job.
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When I said "Amen," I was thinking more of physical danger than stunting my kid's social growth.
I hope my kids have/had as much fun as I had, but are either much smarter -- or just as lucky as I was.
An example: One night a couple friends and I were drinking on Ohio State's campus. The three of us were riding in a '59 MGA roadster, so two of us had seats, and the other was sitting on the transmission hump between the seats.
We got shot down by a couple of girls and decided to go drive a road which winds along a river, with lots of neat hills (we did that a lot late at night starting in high school) and sharp curves. Well, I got kinda of PO'd on the way, and decided to go back and get my car and went and picked up an old girlfriend.
My two friends, went to the road in question, and proceeded to roll the MG at 85 MPH. They nearly ended up in a river upside down, but niether was badly hurt. If I had been along, the other guy -- riding on the transmission hump with no seat belt -- would very likely have been killed.
That's what I mean by luck. It's also what I mean by being stupid.
Social risks are one thing, physical danger is something else. I'm not sure which kind JAM was addressing, but I suspect the latter.