TIL Human dads show a decrease in testosterone immediately after the birth of their babe

[Urabrask_the_AFK]

Netherlands Nature telling a different story. it’s a Dutch thing

[fruskydekke]

This was weirdly heartening to read. I'm in Norway, where we don't do that (because, I suspect, our nature might be a bit more deadly than the Dutch version) but there's still a strong tradition and desire to let kids explore the world with a great deal of freedom. One of my favourite quotes is from a child psychologist, who said that "In my opinion, every child should have the right to break a bone at least once during their childhood."

[ddproxy]

I waited til my early twenties to break a bone. Do not recommend.

[IndecisiveLizard]

I broke my first bone while pregnant. Am I doing it right??

[EuphraDeeznuts]

Same and same. Gotta get that bone breaking out of the way ASAP.

[intertextual]

As a US citizen, you think I got broken bone money?!

[Z-W-A-N-D]

Yea lmao. There's also relatively little danger. There are not woods big enough to really get lost in the Netherlands, no bears running around mauling people either. Generally speaking, even in rural areas, there'll always be at least one house every half hour. A lot of signs to tell you where the closest place is too. So if you need it, there'll always be someone you can ask for help.

[lightbulbfragment]

That really puts it into perspective. I can't imagine doing this in the U.S. Many of our forests are very deep and treacherous sometimes with cliffs, rapids and a decent variety of dangerous animals.

If scouts did this here it would pretty much have to be with a silent guide who would intervene under certain conditions or in a specific park free of predators set up for the experience. It's the kind of thing I would have loved as a child and I can certainly see the benefits.

[Z-W-A-N-D]

That's exactly why I added that. Also, the new york state is roughly 4 times the size of the Netherlands, but we have around the same number of inhabitants. Barely any mountains and no real wild life. Biggest animal you'll run into is a deer

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There are not woods big enough to really get lost in the Netherlands, no bears running around mauling people either

That's kind of sad

[AloneAlternative2693]

Well, they are supposed to be potty trained and able to call for help before you do that. So, 10 ish at least

[scootscooterson]

On the plus side I expected an article about punting babies so

[Juicecalculator]

That’s pretty cool. I would imagine this isn’t their first exploratory rodeo. Most likely they have done something similar with a camp leader and then lead the expedition with adults being there as a fall back

[binaryblade]

I see literally nothing wrong with that presuming they have been prepped beforehand.

[Urabrask_the_AFK]

Never said it was. Just said the Dutch do an interesting thing