This piece is, in my opinion, very accurate. Safety-ism is rampant, and it is not preparing our youth to take the risks that eventually result in success. Instead, nestled within their parental-protection cocoons and absorbed in screen time, they makes their parents safe from allegations of child endangerment, and their friends reinforce…
This piece is, in my opinion, very accurate. Safety-ism is rampant, and it is not preparing our youth to take the risks that eventually result in success. Instead, nestled within their parental-protection cocoons and absorbed in screen time, they makes their parents safe from allegations of child endangerment, and their friends reinforce the need to protect themselves from all those predators in the news, and all those murderous racist misogynist paternalistic homophobic psychopaths can be held at bay.
In my life, the greatest gains came from the greatest chances I took. I partially failed once, but recovered to make a lot of money from that partial failure, just in a different way than I originally expected. I too was grossly eager to get my first car. It meant freedom and an enormous new world of adventure to me. I remember the moment exactly - I literally jumped for joy. And that effort and risk made my life, at times absolutely exhilarating. I wouldn’t trade that excitement for anything else.
This piece is, in my opinion, very accurate. Safety-ism is rampant, and it is not preparing our youth to take the risks that eventually result in success. Instead, nestled within their parental-protection cocoons and absorbed in screen time, they makes their parents safe from allegations of child endangerment, and their friends reinforce the need to protect themselves from all those predators in the news, and all those murderous racist misogynist paternalistic homophobic psychopaths can be held at bay.
In my life, the greatest gains came from the greatest chances I took. I partially failed once, but recovered to make a lot of money from that partial failure, just in a different way than I originally expected. I too was grossly eager to get my first car. It meant freedom and an enormous new world of adventure to me. I remember the moment exactly - I literally jumped for joy. And that effort and risk made my life, at times absolutely exhilarating. I wouldn’t trade that excitement for anything else.