It really can be insane. As a parent now you are like "I want to raise strong independent children", and then you hear of someone having to deal with CPS and prove they are good enough to keep their 10 year old after CPS was called and found them playing in the fenced yard without an adult. :thinking:
If we aren't allowed to parent our children and raise them, what happens when they get to be teens and then college students?
And then, the BEST part is that if you do watch every min then you have people calling you "crunchy" or a "helicopter mom", but if you encourage your kids to learn on their own and do things like you did growing up you are "reckless" and you may actually find CPS at your door...
I was a teen mom and I am astonished by how much has changed from my childhood to now. I think the biggest thing is that everyone seems to want to out do the next person. Have the best, be the best, and
work the least. So this often means bringing others down in an attempt to make you look better.
Back when I was a kid, parents wanted to build one another up, asked each other for advice instead of the internet, lent the cup of sugar, did baking together for the holidays. Things were less structured, less rushed, less competitive.
We look at Sherin's case and the Mathews have neighbours feet from their door on three sides, and yet the only thing I recall that the neighbours said about them was they were out doing yard work at times. The "It takes a village" mentality really has been replaced with a competition that has little benefit to anyone... Unfortunately, many people have never even spoken to their neighbours, let alone know what goes on on the other side of the fence.
Sorry, LONG RANT and all just my opinion and own experiences.
ETA a link about a mom having CPS called on her for her kids playing in their yard -the fear is real
http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/mother...d-over-children-playing-in-backyard-1.2870845