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The renegade rules for raising children

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    Should parents just let kids be kids?

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But -- all you parents out there forget everything you've heard about raising kids our next guest says let them fight to let them play with guns on the the author of it's okay not to share and other renegade rules for raising competent and compassionate it's.

This is I read this and it's it's wild but I want you to explain you've got some rules here we're gonna go down -- -- the list of rules -- first one let kids express anger.

By hitting and kicking.

Yes -- under the rug is let kids hit and kick.

You have an angry -- and he needs to -- Don't stop that action that it hit something like hit the -- you can't picture but -- that you can hit the south that you can kick a kite went back.

Well just get those feelings out.

Let's hope as he gets older he doesn't start kicking people I think that's the whole the whole theory here -- second one toy guns are okay.

Yes you know bad guy good guy clay is fine it's fantasy.

Wound when we hear scary stories in the news we get scared about -- play.

But we need to respect their -- -- if they're playing pirates they're not gonna go up yet pirate.

And actually what play weapon planes considered to have.

Some advantages from moral development because kids are exploring.

Good and evil right and Ron and next trying out being here -- and saving people what about -- video games as they get older you know a lot of these a lot lets folks out there think that your video games lead to children being more violence.

Yes a lot of people think that I think.

That with any kind of screen time and video games including you need to limit.

Does to some degree but when it's kids playing ideas on their -- and that's what's the difference how their behavior in real life.

Not when it's -- prepackaged -- -- number three allowed kids to choose slash reject playmates.

Instead -- -- -- in my birthday party.

Well even beyond that.

-- child does not have to play with anybody you know we get scared of rejection of such a rejection -- -- doubts and so we try to stop it when kids do it to -- -- But I'm rejection taking social risks is an important my scalp and kids need to be able to experience rejection.

And be able to recover if someone says now.

I agree with that art and you -- kids -- have to say they're sorry they don't have to share.

And right well does it to very unit wrestle.

Ideas about -- but think about saying sorry we had kids say sorry it's magic it lets them up the puck.

-- -- senate -- away as soon as they say sorry.

What's bad days to ask them to take action to go get a tissue come back take some responsibility.

And then making -- -- That they're not gonna push them again not cannot cover that -- again I know that we have lots of tweets and emails coming out now what you know what you guys think what do you think you Alice friends at foxnews.com.

How does it make it thank you very much for joining us that again it but is called it's okay not to share.

Of and it's kind of -- launch -- -- believe -- -- that thanks for joining us today.

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