My teenage kids want to learn to build fires and do more outdoor cooking, and I want to teach them, but my ex-husband thinks it's too dangerous and keeps undermining my attempts to show them basic fire skills. We can't agree on what's age-appropriate or safe, and the kids are caught in the middle of our different approaches to risk and independence.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two different philosophies of risk and learning are preventing children from developing essential life skills while creating loyalty conflicts.
“Where Are You with Fire and human relationship to it?”
Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.