Christiana

It's interesting that you bring that up because I've often wondered how much we devalue exposing children to, you know, for lack of a better term, adverse events in life, you know? And I think to myself, like, when we're at the playground, when we're kids, like... There were kids I didn't want to see. There were people you were like, oh, God forbid that kid is there on the swing.

It's interesting that you bring that up because I've often wondered how much we devalue exposing children to, you know, for lack of a better term, adverse events in life, you know? And I think to myself, like, when we're at the playground, when we're kids, like... There were kids I didn't want to see. There were people you were like, oh, God forbid that kid is there on the swing.

They're not going to let anyone swing or let them catch you swinging. They're going to start coming and swinging you and you won't be able to get off and then you're going to have to jump and you might hurt yourself and it'll be a whole thing. But what I did enjoy about it... afterwards was the fact that it taught me how to navigate these situations in life, right?

They're not going to let anyone swing or let them catch you swinging. They're going to start coming and swinging you and you won't be able to get off and then you're going to have to jump and you might hurt yourself and it'll be a whole thing. But what I did enjoy about it... afterwards was the fact that it taught me how to navigate these situations in life, right?

Because life is going to be filled with people you don't agree with or people who are making your life adverse or people who are, do you get what I'm saying? It just creates, it creates a realistic expectation of what life is going to be, whether you like it or not. And it actually, I'm sure you've seen this.

Because life is going to be filled with people you don't agree with or people who are making your life adverse or people who are, do you get what I'm saying? It just creates, it creates a realistic expectation of what life is going to be, whether you like it or not. And it actually, I'm sure you've seen this.

I think it was Canada who, sort of like their Surgeon General or something, who said they're going to switch it up when it comes to children now. They are now encouraging schools and playgrounds and everything to allow kids to engage in what they call, quote unquote, dangerous play. So they said they've sanitized playgrounds too much.

I think it was Canada who, sort of like their Surgeon General or something, who said they're going to switch it up when it comes to children now. They are now encouraging schools and playgrounds and everything to allow kids to engage in what they call, quote unquote, dangerous play. So they said they've sanitized playgrounds too much.

You know, like even in America, for instance, there's playgrounds that have like a soft, spongy ground, right?

You know, like even in America, for instance, there's playgrounds that have like a soft, spongy ground, right?

Do you know they found that that's not good for kids?

Do you know they found that that's not good for kids?

Yeah, they said because it's like falling is something that you need to learn. You need to understand the consequences of falling. Yeah, exactly. And it also, this is the part I didn't realize. I knew I would have thought intuitively, oh yeah, it's good for a kid to fall and know that falling can hurt them.

Yeah, they said because it's like falling is something that you need to learn. You need to understand the consequences of falling. Yeah, exactly. And it also, this is the part I didn't realize. I knew I would have thought intuitively, oh yeah, it's good for a kid to fall and know that falling can hurt them.

But what I didn't know was it encourages them to take risks and to think of what risk means. Exactly.

But what I didn't know was it encourages them to take risks and to think of what risk means. Exactly.

I often think that when I look at dating for younger generations now, and I'm often intrigued by how they'll see dating, and not all of them, but oftentimes they'll see dating as a, you know, it's like a binary. That failed, it was bad, and it was good. Like, you know, red flags, like that type of thing. And then I always say to people, I go...

I often think that when I look at dating for younger generations now, and I'm often intrigued by how they'll see dating, and not all of them, but oftentimes they'll see dating as a, you know, it's like a binary. That failed, it was bad, and it was good. Like, you know, red flags, like that type of thing. And then I always say to people, I go...

Well, I think because dating is still interpersonal communication and interpersonal relationships, they're going to be bumps. There's going to be bumps. So when people are, that's a red flag, I go like, yeah, everyone is a red flag. There are no red flags. Do you get what I'm saying? But the red flag does not mean that you shouldn't be doing the thing.

Well, I think because dating is still interpersonal communication and interpersonal relationships, they're going to be bumps. There's going to be bumps. So when people are, that's a red flag, I go like, yeah, everyone is a red flag. There are no red flags. Do you get what I'm saying? But the red flag does not mean that you shouldn't be doing the thing.