12 small children were given a completely free evening.

How did the experiment end?

A new Australian program examines common parenting styles and examines what the boundaries of parents and children are, how they deal with other parents and what can be learned about it about our parenting?

And what is the best way to allow children to spend time at a party where everything is allowed?

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21/11/2021

Sunday, 21 November 2021, 06:56 Updated: 06:57

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It was the moment every child might dream of, a night without rules, with other children, without parents, accompanied by chocolate fountains, mattress slides and a crazy pillow fight.

But the experiment in Australia's new hit program "Parental Guidance" has taken a toll on some children, as well as their parents who belong to different streams of parenting - some are stricter and some more liberating.

The program, which is accompanied by parenting expert Dr. Justin Coulson, asks ten couples with completely different parenting styles to compete in challenges with their children for three weeks. Theirs is defined as such free range parents giving maximum independence to the children.They organized for them a stormy party at the end of which everyone stayed to sleep in one house.

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"Free parenting is not a completely permissive thing that allows children to go wild. Many of these children have not experienced such a level of autonomy. It may not be easy for them," Dr. Coulson explained. Daniel added: "We as free parents believe our children have good values. .

When children are given the choice what do they want to do?

I think what will happen is that these values ​​will come to the surface. "

But when the kids stepped into a giant chocolate fountain with marshmallows, one young man admitted: 'My parents will never allow this ...' Freedom proved too much for the young Jagan, who burst into tears and had to take comfort in Daniel even before the party started.

His father Tony, who was watching from the sidelines, revealed: 'I could see his mind thinking, "What's going to happen?"

"He likes his bedtime at 20.30. He does not like anyone talking. He owes his fan. He is quite anxious about his routine."

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At an enabling party for children As at an enabling party, the children enjoyed mattress slides down the stairs and unlimited access to a computer and video games while their parents watched them in horror.

'Why are all three of our kids gathered around a screen?'

Asked one couple as they watched from the sidelines.

Another concerned parent added: "There was no sense of family. A lot of the kids just do their thing, do what they want to do, but the collective sense of togetherness did not exist at all."

Dr. Coulson admitted: "I imagine most parents will feel quite not Comfortable with the breathtaking informality. "It's kind of each person to himself.

The children come and go as they please, there is no real activation or intervention anywhere. "

He welcomed the free and easy parenting style and said it has its own benefits alongside some limitations.

"One thing we have seen with free parenting is that it is not permissive," he said at the end of the experiment.

"It does not allow children to do as much as they please. They still have boundaries. Only they want their children to experience life."

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