Mastodawn

My four-year-old and I stopped to check on someone who was getting arrested today.

She had made it clear that she did want help, and I checked on with my kid as well before approaching.

The police officer tried to tell me off. "Do you think this is the kind of thing you want your kid to see? Do you think this is good parenting?"

Yeah, actually! If we see something happening that seems wrong, I want my kid to see me doing something about it!

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Hans 14h ago

@scroeser Well done.

I remember my dad criticizing our "Obrigkeitshörigkeit" (deference) and I encourage my kids to break some rules.

I look forward to visiting Germany next month and ignoring signs together with them 🙂

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sky

@hc my kids and I have a lot of discussions about rules. How some rules are important for safety, and others are about sharing space together well, and others aren't good rules and aren't good to follow.