… Today’s parents enjoyed a completely different American childhood. They are watched closely by adults, either in school, at home, at afternoon activities or in the car, shuttling them from place to place.
#A teenager and a 12 year walk in a park tv
On Halloween, when everybody was out to trick or treat, we were surprised by how many children actuallyĪ study by the University of California, Los Angeles, has found that American kids spend 90 percent of their leisure time at home, often in front of the TV or playing video games. Here in quietĪnd traffic-safe suburban Washington, they don’t even find other kids on the street to play with.
Or they’d go alone to the playground, or walk a mile to a piano lesson. Where we lived in the center of town, our girls would ride the Metro on their own - a no-no in Washington. Most are horrified by the idea that their children might roam around without adult supervision. When this story comes up in conversations with American friends, we are usually met with polite disbelief. She had taken possession of her new environment, and was keen to teach us things we didn’t know.
The little park around the corner, and had made friends with a few local dog owners. Beaming with pride, she told us and her older sister how she had discovered But when she came home, we realized we had no reason to panic. Of course we were worried we had just moved from Berlin, and she was just 8. On her first morning in America, last summer, my daughter went out to explore her new neighborhood - alone, without even telling my wife or me. To keep children safe by constantly monitoring them:īETHESDA, Md. In the Op-Ed essay “ The Case for Free-Range Parenting,” Clemens Wergin questions parenting techniques intended Sleepovers and go to movies or concerts unaccompanied by adults. Parents set rules about everything from their children’s curfew to where they can and cannot go - and with whom - and at what age kids can begin to attend school dances and games, participate in Questions about issues in the news for students 13 and older.
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