Thought of this while on the airplane as a topic, and it is something that all too often is embedded in our brains from childhood. As a parent now, I do see the reasoning, we want to protect our children from getting hurt. From the simple thing like climbing too high on the play scape to playing football with other kids which are too big for us - we as a parent tell our kids to not do that - it is dangerous. I try my best as a father to let me kids make a mistake on their own, to test their own boundaries. Check out this video blog and more http://mikesblog.com