A Gene Robinson

I just watched a young boy get chased down by a goose, bitten on the rear, square up, get chased again, then apparently decide he had tolerated enough nonsense for one afternoon. The boy turned into the Incredible Hulk, grabbed that goose by the neck, spun him around three times and launched him through the air. Needless to say, the goose discovered the child was formidable. And beneath the comedy is something parents should think about. Raise children where they encounter the real world. Let them climb trees. Let them fish. Let them get muddy. Let them learn animals, weather, tools, firewood, trails, gardens, streams and the thousand little problems nature presents without an instruction manual. Children develop judgment by having to judge things. They develop courage by confronting manageable fear. They develop competence by doing things that actually require competence. There is something profoundly healthy about a child learning that the world is not padded, sanitized or controlled by adults. Nature teaches consequences immediately. Sometimes the lesson is majestic. Sometimes the lesson has feathers and is chasing you across the yard. And in my house, shortly after that particular lesson, the goose might have discovered an entirely different ecosystem involving onions, seasoning and a dinner table. Raise capable children. The world already has enough spectators. #AStoneGroove #SilentMajoritySpeaks

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