How to Raise a Viking by Helen Russell
Author:Helen Russell [Russell, Helen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-12-11T17:00:00+00:00
What Iâve learned about risky play
1. Let them climb; let them fall; let them maraud. Iâm learning to turn off the BUBBLE WRAP! bat light (or rather ignore it. Occasionally). Iâll never stop worrying. But Iâm trying to let my children grow and face challenges on their own, taking incremental steps so that they build up Viking-style âmasteryâ.
2. Iâm attempting this in my own life, too. As a self-parenting experiment, Iâm approaching daunting tasks with an uncharacteristically can-do attitude, safe in the knowledge that if I do something â anything â Iâll have made a start. Iâll be moving in the right direction. In the words of Anna from Frozen II: Iâll do âThe Next Right Thingâ.
3. If the world around us doesnât allow for risky play, weâre going to have to seek it out. Or make like Jacob and create it from scratch. What scary thing should we all do this month?
4. With fresh air in my lungs, no children in hospital for at least a week, and something approaching muscle definition on my upper arms, I feel like a bona fide, North Face ânâ Patagonia-clad outdoorsy type. A Viking, even! Then hubris deals me a massive blow. Because it turns out that thereâs a third way Danes play. A mighty game on a vast web to threaten the very foundation of our Danish-style parenting efforts to date. *Cracks knuckles* Shoulders back, head up, letâs go â¦
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