Ok, sometimes my mom is a really hard person to get along with. And of course this is my mom, so I have a hard time disagreeing with her....but I need help to stand my ground on this one. And I'm not gonna say my opinion until I hear what you gals have to say.....lol

When it comes to nurturing vs. being overbearing (aka not letting your kids make their own mistakes....) where is the line?? While I realize that this is more of a personal question, but I am curious where all you gals stand.

Oh, and another....is it possible to spoil your kids with too much affection at any age??

I think there's a difference between protecting your kids and sheltering them. Everyone wants to protect their children, but you also have to educate them on the world. They need to know that everyone isn't nice, and bad stuff happens so they can be prepared for it. I don't mean let them watch the news and every violent thing on TV. But they need to be educated when it is age appropriate.

I don't think you can love them too much or show that too much though. I want my daughter to know how much I love her, and that I would do anything in the world for her.

I think if the mistake they are going to make is going to seriously hurt them or have terrible consequinces (sp) then we would step in..like talking to strangers and jumping off the roof lol..but other than that most things they should learn on there own..I dont think too much affection could ever be a bad thing in my opinion.

there's a fine line. you have to let them fall down, scrape their knees, get scratched and dirty but you can't just let them run around crazy either. if they are going to break a bone or hurt someone else then you have the obligation to stop your child. however if they are just going to fall down and get a scraped knee then they need to experience that in my opinon.