Now about the matter at hand, I believe school is the main mechanism that produces unsure children.

“children who are unable to weigh the pros and cons”
The best way to gain this ability is to assume RISKS. If someone takes his child inside of the house when it rains and tells the child that the rain could make him sick, the child doesn’t really understand that. The parent should assume the risk of his child getting sick while playing in the rain, so that the child could learn by himself the effects.

In her childhood, my mother wasn’t allowed to ride a bike, run, swim or do anything that might involve risks. It wasn’t an unhappy childhood, but it was a wrong way to raise a child. One of the results her growing like that is the fact that as she grew up she never took *any* risks. Another result is the fact that she’s constantly thinking about the negative sides of “what if’s” (tied to the risks).

Children learn from mistakes too, not only adults. And the lessons learned as a child are the most powerful ones, just as the lessons learned from mistakes. I strongly believe that it is wrong to rob the children of their right to learn from mistakes, “live-learning.”
The parent has its role in keeping the child away from extreme risks (death or other permanent irreparable damage), but small things like getting a cold or a bruise don’t fall into the extreme category.

Now about the matter at hand, I believe school is the main mechanism that produces unsure children.

“children who are unable to weigh the pros and cons”
The best way to gain this ability is to assume RISKS. If someone takes his child inside of the house when it rains and tells the child that the rain could make him sick, the child doesn’t really understand that. The parent should assume the risk of his child getting sick while playing in the rain, so that the child could learn by himself the effects.

In her childhood, my mother wasn’t allowed to ride a bike, run, swim or do anything that might involve risks. It wasn’t an unhappy childhood, but it was a wrong way to raise a child. One of the results her growing like that is the fact that as she grew up she never took *any* risks. Another result is the fact that she’s constantly thinking about the negative sides of “what if’s” (tied to the risks).

Children learn from mistakes too, not only adults. And the lessons learned as a child are the most powerful ones, just as the lessons learned from mistakes. I strongly believe that it is wrong to rob the children of their right to learn from mistakes, “live-learning.”
The parent has its role in keeping the child away from extreme risks (death or other permanent irreparable damage), but small things like getting a cold or a bruise don’t fall into the extreme category.

“do let out your inner child, which should be as pretty and happy as the boy and the cat.” – this is one of the things that the film tries to send out. You’ve put it perfectly, very clear and simple!

You have a good point there.

Being too extreme in any aspect of our lives is definately a bad thing to do. Like many others have said before me, balance is the key.

In my opinion, the only rules that should be followed are the ones that do good for everyone; the necessary rules, the rules that don’t affect the personal space of an individual. Like the roadsign in the film. Moving a roadsign would affect many other people, while catching raindrops with your mouth affects only you.

The main lesson that can be drawn from the short film is that we must learn to think and make decisions on our own, without paying too much attention to the expectations that others have from us.
While the intentions of other people may be good, good intentions alone aren’t enough to make their advices good for you. Good intentions aren’t synonymous with good results.

Another lesson from the film is the fact that our personal space is -our personal space-, and outside advices that are connected to your personal space are useless.

Hope I maked some sense here, I have a ton of thoughts and ideas running wild through my mind. :)

“do let out your inner child, which should be as pretty and happy as the boy and the cat.” – this is one of the things that the film tries to send out. You’ve put it perfectly, very clear and simple!

You have a good point there.

Being too extreme in any aspect of our lives is definately a bad thing to do. Like many others have said before me, balance is the key.

In my opinion, the only rules that should be followed are the ones that do good for everyone; the necessary rules, the rules that don’t affect the personal space of an individual. Like the roadsign in the film. Moving a roadsign would affect many other people, while catching raindrops with your mouth affects only you.

The main lesson that can be drawn from the short film is that we must learn to think and make decisions on our own, without paying too much attention to the expectations that others have from us.
While the intentions of other people may be good, good intentions alone aren’t enough to make their advices good for you. Good intentions aren’t synonymous with good results.

Another lesson from the film is the fact that our personal space is -our personal space-, and outside advices that are connected to your personal space are useless.

Hope I maked some sense here, I have a ton of thoughts and ideas running wild through my mind. :)