Hyper parents and coddled kids

This video talks about how parents are so overprotective of their children, and also so extreme with putting their children into every sport, and advanced classes available.

First let`s talk about the extreme parents that put their kids into everything.

Is it really healthy to put your children into every possible sport, class possible? I understand that children are sponges and retain information very well, but how much is too much? I think children should be able to choose what they are put into, and encouraged and supported in whatever they enroll in. Not pushed to be a superchild at everything.

Next let`s talk about overprotective parents

These parents are the one`s that wìll not even let their children play in the backyard, won`t let them walk to school, or dress themselves. I do not think it is possible to learn independence, and responsibility if you are coddled to the point of insanity. We learn from experience, so putting full body gear and a rope on our children is not going to help them learn the dangers of real life. We all trip and fall, and run into a stranger, but if we are not put into these situations we cannot possibly know how to react to these situations in real life. Children are perfect learners and need to explore. I think that the media they receive such as violent television, and pornographic websites should be restriced, but not being able to play in the backyard has taken it a step too far.

Our parents let us play out in the road, and across the street at the local playground, we did not end up kidnapped or forever mentally scarred. So why should we coddle our children like they are an ancient artifact that should be kept in a glass box. LET YOUR KIDS OFF THE LEASH, let them learn initiative.