okay my problem is NOT with the marathon- i don’t care what this kid does. He’s not mine.
I did not care for the tone- “he was adamant that he would run the marathon.”
He’s six, does not set policy. That’s all.
I used the bus as an example. Little kids usually don’t get to do what they want just because they WANT to, at least not at my house.
I do not care how far you walked when you were young or how far you walk now. Truly i do not.
Then you should bow out of the conversation about another person’s kid. You don’t live there, neither do I. What I’m saying is that if you do not let your kids experience life, you are doing them a grave disservice. The six-year-old in this story probably took on more than he could chew. That’s a great lesson. CPS should never be involved with that. They would get the door slammed in their faces if it was me.
That is really strange.
The article doesn’t say he had a tantrum. One of my sons really wanted to learn Russian. I thought it would be good mental discipline and keep him engaged in thinking rather than mischief. If he hadn’t been very strong in his desire to learn Russian I wouldn’t have committed my time & money to the endeavor. You measure how strong a kids desire is to do something before you get the equipment, start the music lessons, commit to tennis lessons etc. We never decided what extracurricular activities our 4 did. We waited until they expressed a strong interest.