That said, your daughter falling and hurting herself may be a positive in the long run.
I am also of the opinion that we should let our kids take some real risks (at least those without long-term health consequences). And risk here meaning that some of these risks do lead to getting hurt. getting bruises or even broken arms or teeth. This way the kids can calibrate how dangerous (or not dangerous) the world really is. This way, when they grow up, they will a) have more options to choose from and b) avoid options dangerous options they didn’t know were dangerous.
My go-to-example is a toddler who jumped out of his high-stool head-first because he genuinely didn’t know that was a bad idea. My boys knew that certain heights are bad ideas because from early on when they were crawling toward the edge of our bed we would let them ‘fall’ down, i.e. let them slide down head-first and just make sure they would land just gently enough (by holding their leg) that they would learn “this is uncomfortable and probably not a good idea this way”.
I am also of the opinion that we should let our kids take some real risks (at least those without long-term health consequences). And risk here meaning that some of these risks do lead to getting hurt. getting bruises or even broken arms or teeth. This way the kids can calibrate how dangerous (or not dangerous) the world really is. This way, when they grow up, they will a) have more options to choose from and b) avoid options dangerous options they didn’t know were dangerous.
My go-to-example is a toddler who jumped out of his high-stool head-first because he genuinely didn’t know that was a bad idea. My boys knew that certain heights are bad ideas because from early on when they were crawling toward the edge of our bed we would let them ‘fall’ down, i.e. let them slide down head-first and just make sure they would land just gently enough (by holding their leg) that they would learn “this is uncomfortable and probably not a good idea this way”.