[mackatsol]

Set rules, not boundaries. What do I mean by that? When out for walks, we’d tell the kids that they had to stay on the path, they could go as far as they wanted.. as long as we could see them and they could see us. Oh, and keep a close eye on your parents., they are easily distracted. What happened? When they were 2 they went 5 meters.. by 8 years old they go to the curve in the path.. and come back to tell us we had wandered off again!

It was awesome. We never had to yell at them.. they had clear and simple limits.

That worked really well, but we had to learn the hard way not to set expectations we couldn’t absolutely control and guarantee. Let’s go have ice cream and the favourite place.. oh no. They’re closed.. meltdown. Let’s wander that way and see what we find.. much safer. Congratulations! Enjoy it!