{"id":1370,"date":"2009-05-07T07:25:45","date_gmt":"2009-05-07T15:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.homewiththekids.com\/blog\/?p=1369"},"modified":"2009-05-07T07:25:45","modified_gmt":"2009-05-07T15:25:45","slug":"talk-about-overprotective-parents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homewiththekids.com\/blog\/talk-about-overprotective-parents\/","title":{"rendered":"Talk About Overprotective Parents!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was reading an interview with Lenore Skenazy on Salon the other day. With her <a title=\"free range kids book\" href=\"https:\/\/www.homewiththekids.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/05\/free-range-kids-book-is-out\/\">new book out<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0470471948?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=homewiththeki-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0470471948\">Free-Range Kids: Giving Our Children the Freedom We Had Without Going Nuts with Worry<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: medium none  ! important; margin: 0px ! important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=homewiththeki-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0470471948\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/>), I&#8217;m seeing a lot of stuff about her.<\/p>\n<p>It just amazes me how overprotective parents can be.<\/p>\n<p>The first product mentioned as an example of things overprotective parents buy was a helmet called a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thudguard.com\/\">Thudguard<\/a>. It&#8217;s intended for toddlers, so that they can learn to walk without bumping their heads.<\/p>\n<p>I can tell you those are a really bad idea. Yes, toddlers bump their heads and get bruises. But if they don&#8217;t hurt themselves in small ways when they&#8217;re little they&#8217;re going to get quite a shock when they&#8217;re bigger.<\/p>\n<p>I know.<\/p>\n<p>My son wore a helmet for a few months as an infant. Not because I was trying to protect his head but because he had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homewiththekids.com\/family\/scaphocephaly.htm\">craniosynostosis<\/a> and the <a title=\"craniosynostosis doc band helmet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.homewiththekids.com\/family\/helmet.htm\">helmets<\/a> were to reshape his skull. But I would expect one effect would be the same as putting an unnecessary helmet on a toddler &#8211; my son was completely shocked when he learned that he could hurt his head.<\/p>\n<p>The first day his helmet was off, he bumped his head in a way he had many times before. He was crawling by this point, and used to being able to go straight into a wall if he felt like it, or just drop his head down when he was tired.<\/p>\n<p>It took him a few days to get used to the fact that bumping his head hurt. Now why would you want a slightly older child to not understand this? Better when they&#8217;re small and the bumps (and yes, the bruises) will be more minor than when the child is older!<\/p>\n<p>Then there are the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B001874EA6?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=homewiththeki-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B001874EA6\">baby knee pads<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=homewiththeki-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B001874EA6\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/>. Yes, you too can protect your poor baby&#8217;s knees from the horror of carpet burn!<\/p>\n<p>Sorry, my eyes just rolled when I found out about these. Once again, where&#8217;s the need? Baby knees are made for crawling on. I think they can cope with the little bit rug burn or scrapes they might get in the process. It&#8217;s not something that&#8217;s going to really hurt them.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m all for protecting kids when they need it, but most children do not need to be protected from such minor injuries. If there&#8217;s a specific reason they need extra protection, fine, but not for most kids.<\/p>\n<p>Better they figure out now what doesn&#8217;t feel good than they develop the notion that they can&#8217;t get hurt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was reading an interview with Lenore Skenazy on Salon the other day. With her new book out (Free-Range Kids: Giving Our Children the Freedom We Had Without Going Nuts with Worry), I&#8217;m seeing a lot of stuff about her. 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