Congrats BPJ ...
I wish the very best for the boy and his sister
Ironically my sister is the one who primarily looked after me as a young boy. And funny enough....she's the one who taught me a lot of dangerous and bad things.
We all understand the concept of (YMMV) and that every person is different !! However, I do belive that even the same person can change through the different stages of life.
In my younger years I never hesistated to drive the 4x4 for work and get in and out of sticky situations and have fun doing it. I even (foolishly) driven a sedan through dirt roads with almost no traffic with little - if any - emergency equipemnt. Now ?? No way. Not even with the two emergency bags in my car trunk.
As I approach 60, I see myself as an extra-cautious safety-conscious semi-paranoid kind of a guy. I have even stopped climbing ladders at home. If the job is simple like changing a light, I ask the kids, if it is more than that, I hire someone.
Back to the kids;
We should teach the kids the difference between playing safe , and not playing at all.
and ...
2. He didn't let the other kids fears influence his own.
3. I had a chance to talk to him about not being the peer pressure guy. The other kids said they didn't want to do it and he should respect that.
.. this is a very very important balance we should learn in life
to be nice and social, but be independant and confident in planning our own lives
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