Thank you Lenore Skenazy (author of Free Range Kids) for posting this<\/a>. \u00a0Since I couldn’t say it better, I’m sure not going to try. \u00a0Here, instead, are some previous posts on the topic.<\/p>\n

Teaching our children how to accurately assess and manage risk is an important part of preparing them to function as adults. \u00a0What strategies do you use to answer the ‘risk v. reward’ questions, either in your own life or on behalf of your kids?<\/p>\n

The Rewards of Teaching Risk<\/a><\/p>\n

Tsk-tsk. \u00a0Risk.<\/a><\/p>\n

Teaching Risk Management: Child’s Play?<\/a><\/p>\n

Teaching Safety or Teaching Fear?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As a parent, do you consider risk management an important life skill to teach your children? When raising future adults, how do we balance our protective urges with doing what’s right for our kids?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[423,435,449],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-1314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-four-foundations","tag-protective","tag-raising-future-adults","tag-risk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapatten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapatten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapatten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapatten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapatten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapatten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1314\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapatten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapatten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapatten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1314"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapatten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=1314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}