I saw a 'news' segment on TV tonight about parent's coddling their babies. From baby helmets, to USB keys carrying around information about your child, we seem to be raising a generation of cottonwool children.
Seriously, when is too much too much?
From banning Big Ears from sleeping in Noddy's house, to changing the words of Humpty Dumpty so that children won't develop a complex about the King's men not being able to put Humpty together again, the world as surely gone mad! Political correctness and parents wanting to shelter their kids from the 'big, bad world' – when will it stop??
It is ridiculous to think that if we wrap our kids up in cottonwool, we will protect them from all the dangers of the world. I mean, what happens when they get their first jobs? Their boss isn't going to stop using red pen just because it might have repercussions or affect their self esteem!
All that will happen is that we will raise a generation of spoilt, pansy kids who are going to get the shock of their lives when they start work in the real world. And then whose fault is that? Come on, let's get real and let our kids experience life – otherwise society will be forever paying for our over-protectiveness.
