^u don't have kids do u???
I'm not trying to be mean or anything, it's just in my experience comments like that generally come from people without kids. I don't know a single parent that would agree with any of that.
Parenting styles have changed over the years due to child deaths and the media, we are learning new ways to keep our children safe from other people's mistakes. It's not warping them up in cotton wool. It's more about stoping our kids doing stupid ****.
Very interesting thread, we have gone from rc car recommendation for a 8yo to a debate about nitro vs electric and now parenting