Originally Posted by 22B
Originally Posted by somewhereonearth
With regard to LOG being an issue - DS7 is constantly lost in his head. The other day he almost got hit by a car because he was lost in his head thinking about a quantum physics lecture he had just watched. I had to scream and push him out of the way. "But Mommy, I couldn't stop thinking about it."

He's not crossing the street by himself until he's 35.

There is a philosophy that says we should let our kids play in the traffic because a scraped knee will toughen them up. (I do not subscribe to this philosophy.)

There's also a middle ground that says climbing trees is an acceptable risk.