“what happens when your kids get hurt because they were someplace kids weren’t expected to be, or doing something they weren’t expected to be doing?” Do you, the parent, rush to their aid and castigate the adult that was near them or that was the initial cause of the physcial harm? Do you apologize to the adult instead? How about if they break things? Do you immediately open your wallet and start handing out cash or do you fall back on “they’re just kids” and let others shoulder the burden of property loss because your choices?
My questions to the author would be:
“what happens when your kids get hurt because they were someplace kids weren’t expected to be, or doing something they weren’t expected to be doing?” Do you, the parent, rush to their aid and castigate the adult that was near them or that was the initial cause of the physcial harm? Do you apologize to the adult instead? How about if they break things? Do you immediately open your wallet and start handing out cash or do you fall back on “they’re just kids” and let others shoulder the burden of property loss because your choices?