Comments on: The Glenn and Helen Show: Conn Iggulden on Boys and Danger http://pjmedia.com/blog/the_glenn_and_helen_show_conn/ Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:21:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: skipsailing http://pjmedia.com/blog/the_glenn_and_helen_show_conn/#comment-8913 skipsailing Sat, 19 May 2007 14:22:06 +0000 http://dev.pajamasmedia.com/blog/the-glenn-and-helen-show-conn-iggulden-on-boys-and-danger/#comment-8913 I thoroughly enjoyed the video at Amazon. I did most of those things with my son, who is now a US Marine. Suddenly I feel better. My parenting approach has at least one supporter! And yeah, I taught my son how to play poker, and how to catch fish and how to go fast down hill on a go kart and on and on and on. Son of a gun, I did it right, whoda thunk it? I thoroughly enjoyed the video at Amazon. I did most of those things with my son, who is now a US Marine.

Suddenly I feel better. My parenting approach has at least one supporter!

And yeah, I taught my son how to play poker, and how to catch fish and how to go fast down hill on a go kart and on and on and on.

Son of a gun, I did it right, whoda thunk it?

]]> By: C. Siegel http://pjmedia.com/blog/the_glenn_and_helen_show_conn/#comment-8912 C. Siegel Fri, 18 May 2007 06:38:47 +0000 http://dev.pajamasmedia.com/blog/the-glenn-and-helen-show-conn-iggulden-on-boys-and-danger/#comment-8912 How refreshing! What fun! Iggulden is on to something very right here. I think allowing boyishness paradoxically permits a healthy tomboyishness for girls. And I say this as a former tree-climbing buff and the mother of a parkour enthusiast. Any boy who reaches the age of 13 without a trip to the emergency room ought to get a psychiatric consult. How refreshing! What fun! Iggulden is on to something very right here. I think allowing boyishness paradoxically permits a healthy tomboyishness for girls. And I say this as a former tree-climbing buff and the mother of a parkour enthusiast. Any boy who reaches the age of 13 without a trip to the emergency room ought to get a psychiatric consult.

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