On Helicopter parenting

One of my favorite You-tubers Andrew Camarata told the story of how he got a chainsaw at 10 years old. He hid it from his dad for months and used it. Then when his dad saw it he allowed him to use it on the provisio that he "be careful".

The trouble with the world today is that we're no longer allowing our kids to do anything useful for fear that they "injure" themselves.

So everyone grow up not really knowing even how to hammer a nail. I sympathize with your feeling having a kid myself, but without exposing them to even some slight danger, they will not grow up learning how to navigate the dangers in the world.


  1. How did you go from a newbie to a software engineer in 9 months while working full time?
  2. What do school closures mean for children?
  3. Teaching sucks