Overconsumption not only drives the destruction of the environment and human rights, it is also a threat to our own security. Allowing our children to pursue some unattainable nirvana through stuff is dangerous at best. Everything they said then applies today, and then some. Children need more freedom and fewer rules I was walking Sugar around the park this morning and stopped to talk to a group of preteen girls. As she backed up onto the grass, I expected the playground police to come crashing down on the girl for her flagrant violations of the rules.
Kids have too many rules.
I don't know how they can keep track of them all. The nature of children is to take risks. It's the way they learn and grow. Look at the baby learning to walk. He takes his shaky steps over and over, knowing he will fall many times before he masters this skill.