I seriously can NOT tell you how many times I have been told that I need to just chill out by someone when it comes to my kids. I admit, I am very often uptight.
I'm pretty sure the reason my oldest child is such a nervous guy is because I was always right behind him telling "be careful. you're going to fall" etc. And with additional kids, yes I have relaxed in SOME ways. But I'm pretty convinced I'm not wrong in my constant alertness. Just last night my two year old fell off the chair at a restaurant when I took my eyes off him for just a second. Granted, it sounded HORRIBLE but he shook it right off so I didn't feel like the WORST parent ever, just not the best!
But the truth is, I don't care what anyone thinks about how over protective I am. The dangers in our area are VERY real. With 5 or 6 registered sex offenders within a block of our house and multiple shooting deaths in a several block radius, I am NOT being paranoid.
I do my best to allow my boys to have some freedoms and learning experiences when I feel it is safe to do so. But unfortunately, we simply don't live in a world today where I can tell my kids "Yeah go play with your friends, just be home before dark." There isn't enough anxiety medication in the state for me to be able to handle that anytime soon!!
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I am also overprotective of my children. My oldest is ten we just last summer started letting her ride her bike around the neighborhood. Granted... we live on-post and the neighborhood is small and away from any real traffic but it still scares me and I make her wear a watch and check in every hour.
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