One of the clearest signs of how soft we’ve become as a society: Total strangers frequently feel the need to tell my kids, right in front of me, to stop doing something because it’s not “safe”.

This happens to me all the time with my boys when they’re jumping off stuff at parks, climbing trees, wrestling with each other, etc. Young, old, men, women, it doesn’t matter. Often I don’t even think people realize what they are doing, it’s just so ingrained to avoid any semblance of danger or any possibility of risk.

Got so much as a Dad that I don’t understand or am not great at, but one thing I do know is that I will do everything I can to instill courage, resilience and anti-fragility into these kids. Takes a lot of intentionality in this bubble wrap culture though.