{"id":4985,"date":"2015-07-13T11:25:16","date_gmt":"2015-07-13T15:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/?p=4985"},"modified":"2021-05-10T14:01:11","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T19:01:11","slug":"take-just-1stepback-and-let-your-kids-step-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/take-just-1stepback-and-let-your-kids-step-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Take Just #1StepBack and Let Your Kids Step Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eNQ9nUd6syE\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Kids are safe.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The news stories are alarming and overwhelming! But the statistics are incredibly reassuring. Our kids are safer from<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unh.edu\/ccrc\/pdf\/poi130100.pdf\">child abduction<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov\/Pubs\/811394.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">car vs pedestrian accidents<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov\/Pubs\/811386.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bicycle riding deaths<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/nationworld\/chi-violent-crime-1970s-level-20141110-story.html\">violent crime<\/a>\u00a0is\u00a0less than when most parents were kids<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As a matter of fact, there has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/wonkblog\/wp\/2015\/04\/14\/theres-never-been-a-safer-time-to-be-a-kid-in-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">never been a safer time to be a kid in America.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And we know that kids learn the most when they get to try. Try walking to a friends house, asking for something in a store, facing decisions, solving problems. Right? So, it&#8217;s time to<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">take <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AskDoctorG\/posts\/955459857854644?notif_t=like\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">one step back<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Kids are more than ready to step up and amaze us.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In the comments, will you leave a story of a time you let a child do something without supervision?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/1stepback.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4986\" src=\"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/1stepback-300x173.png\" alt=\"#1stepback\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kids are safe. The news stories are alarming and overwhelming! But the statistics are incredibly reassuring. Our kids are safer from child abduction car vs pedestrian accidents bicycle riding deaths violent crime\u00a0is\u00a0less than when most parents were kids As a matter of fact, there has never been a safer time to be a kid in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[59,60,37,62,63],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Take Just #1StepBack and Let Your Kids Step Up - Ask Dr. G<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/take-just-1stepback-and-let-your-kids-step-up\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Take Just #1StepBack and Let Your Kids Step Up - Ask Dr. G\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kids are safe. 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