The problems here seem pretty alien to my experiences as a US parent so far? Anecdotes aren’t data, but still there must be insane region-to-region variability here in what parents are pressured to do, possibly down to neighborhood by neighborhood. On snow days and weekends I have been (very gently, and correctly) reprimanded for hovering over my three-year-old instead of hanging out with the adults and letting him wander mostly in sight with the rest of the neighborhood pack of 3-4-6-12 year olds. My best guess is that this comes from living in a wealthy suburb, and in particular in a block of 5 houses in a row all with kids under 14.
The actionable advice is probably, when house buying, highly prioritize evidence of shoddily made treehouses.
The problems here seem pretty alien to my experiences as a US parent so far? Anecdotes aren’t data, but still there must be insane region-to-region variability here in what parents are pressured to do, possibly down to neighborhood by neighborhood. On snow days and weekends I have been (very gently, and correctly) reprimanded for hovering over my three-year-old instead of hanging out with the adults and letting him wander mostly in sight with the rest of the neighborhood pack of 3-4-6-12 year olds. My best guess is that this comes from living in a wealthy suburb, and in particular in a block of 5 houses in a row all with kids under 14.
The actionable advice is probably, when house buying, highly prioritize evidence of shoddily made treehouses.