Big Kids: Why You Should Let Your Kid Walk To School

Welcome to This Glorious Mess Big Kids. A twice-weekly look at parenting as it really is. Confusing, exhausting, inspiring, funny, and full of surprises. So many surprises. Are your kids risk-takers? Well, our guest today Daisy Turnbull, thinks our kids aren't taking enough risks. As the Director of Wellbeing at St Catherine's in Sydney, she realised that our year 7's weren't necessarily prepared for the independence that comes with going to High School. So she wrote a book about it, 50 Risks To Take With Your Kids.  Daisy shares the importance of our kids contributing meaningfully to the household, the need to allow for rationalised risk and how we can learn to embrace their independence.  Plus, Holly and Andrew dive deep into the single-sex vs co-ed school debate for this weeks listener dilemma!  LINKS Daisy Turnbull's book, 50 Risks To Take With Your Kids is out now! You can listen to Daisy Turnbull's episode of No Filter on Mamamia.com.au CREDITS Hosts: Holly Wainwright & Andrew Daddo Guest: Daisy Turnbull Producer: Mikayla Floriano  CONTACT US Send your parenting dilemmas to [email protected] Looking for a community of like-minded parents? Join our Mamamia Parents Facebook Page... https://www.facebook.com/groups/1047713658714395/   Want a weekly parenting newsletter from Holly Wainwright?  Sign up here... https://www.mamamia.com.au/newsletter/ Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/ Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.