Question

Answer the following questions:

1. Do you agree with Gever Tulley that the increasing safety regulations for children are limiting children’s opportunities to interact with the world around them?. Why or why not?

2. What can children learn from playing with fire?

3. Which of the “dangerous things” do you think would most beneficial for children? Why?

4. What role do you think parents should play in helping their children explore the world? How can parents protect their children and let them explore?

Answer 1

The rule of limiting children's opportunities to interact with the world is not right as this prepares them in the world around them and helps them more curious about many things. Playing with fire should be at least guided but with this time, children learn an important survival skill. Dangerous things such as camping, playing with fire can be useful for children. Parents should support the children but more importantly provide them the safest environment the children should explore. They at least guide their children so that children could learn more.

Answer 2

1. No, because in today's world, people can do whatever they want with their children, it is their responsibility to take care of them and to let or do not let them explore the world.

2. Nothing that they can make use of, they will only get hurt if they play with fire at a young age.

3. Playing in the dirt, this can make their immune system stronger.

4. They decide where they want to take their children and what they want them to do, The best thing parents can do to protect their children is to let them explore according to their children's age.