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Originally Posted by Sly
Or perhaps it is precisely why so many of us have become adults. Modern medicine is the reason I am still alive and I know many many other people that are alive today because of modern medicine as well.
Life expectancy today is in the 70s... people die at 65 and the response is "he was still young." And it's true. What was life expectancy 100 years ago?
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I wasn't suggesting that reacting to a medical issue was a problem - more the huge list (if someone actually compiled one) of things we can and cannot do when raising a child. Some of those things are fairly petty and are akin to weaving your child into a protective cocoon. Let them be kids.