I find it interesting. We wouldn't want our children to always be completely dependent on us & I have something of the same mindset with animals. As much freedom & independence as possible with as much safety & provision as needed. A happy medium. There is always some risk. Every time my girls leave the pen they run a risk ~ everything from hawks to stray dogs, snakes & lizards ~ & certainly my big girls know those things are around & keep a watchful eye out. It's not just that they are happier within themselves, the learning makes them smarter, more aware of their surroundings, & far more likely to survive if the unexpected happens.
~ & far more impacted by 3 wars: WWII, Korea & Vietnam. I'm humanities centred rather than science so I tend to be very big picture thinking. Nothing new under the sun so what work best for the greatest number & how best to keep individual freedoms? It is a very different mindset & when I was @ university brought about biggest clashes between the humanities & the sciences.
