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We let Pandora outta her container, we allowed garabge to be on TV & the big screen, somehow thincing our little ones wouldnt be able to see such stuff. Then the vid games came, and things really began to spiral downward. We allowed our pols to let mental health care slide to invisibility, becoming so costly only those under govt care can afford it, or the very wealthy. So we ended up with people with no regard for human life wandering our streets preying on our children, and now we cant trust to let them outta our sight. We call countries that restrict the garbage we allow baccwards & regressive, but in fact, they understand better than we seem to how bad things can get, they only have to see our society in the USA to learn that lesson! In hope your daughter never has to go thru any of the crap that can happen, but I wont hold my breath, & neither should you, just prepare yourself to help if your needed!
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7/29/2018 2:53 pm |
Thank you for sharing.
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Somehow I survived riding bicycles and mini-bikes without a helmet. Somehow I survived playing high school football without scrambling my brain. Somehow I survived without a cell phone. But . . . Somehow it seems common sense did not survive. When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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7/29/2018 3:26 pm |
Ah the days when we were carefree running the streets. I spent summer days at the park playing basketball, or going to the city pool (parentless). We would ride the bus or the RTA, but mostly we rode our bicycles. Of course never went farther than four cities over. I do enjoy your writings. It lets us all know you, so it will do well for your little one. thanks for sharing.
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Whenever I wax nostalgic a friend of mine always throws in the old "you sound like one of those old people who used to say here's a dime now go see a movie. Their right though only it's a different time and place We didn't have cable T V then and the movies and T V shows at the time weren't about murderers and sex or child abductions or sex slave trade. They were still out there.It was the advent of 24 hour breaking news and an entertainment industry that had nothing else that they hadn't portrayed a hundred times.That they decided to push the envelope.Which created the over protective hoovering that is so prominent today. We were allowed to be kids.When parents were parents that were o k with us making and having our own best friends alleviating them from having to try and be our best friends.We understood what they represented and we didn't cross that line to often. There were six of us so they had their hands full as it was. Our dad was obsessed with teaching us respect and courtesy. It paid off though and I am constantly reminded of him when someone compliments my demeanor. Using more than all the road!
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7/29/2018 4:00 pm |
We used to play team hide and seek, with about 20 kids per team, at night, with flashlights, in a 2 block area. Hiding in trees, bushes, under cars, between houses, until 10pm. If kids tried that today they'd be arrested or shot for trespassing.
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I have wonderful memories of my era childhood. We played outside- made mud pies, Hollyhock doll from the alley pickings, Kick the Can until dark, took the bus downtown to the Denver zoo ( cost a nickle), my mom didn't drive so it was walking all over the place and we were happy!!! We learned not to take candy from strangers and to come home when the bell rang. I once had to take a plane from Portland to Denver all by myself- fearless- and maybe I sitll am. What I do not like is the inability of children today to communicate with words out loud. It's all tech and text and no feeling. They will never have the rich experiences we are all talking about. There is no one that is encouraging them to step outside the "fear factor" (Virtual Symposium Group) use Virtual Symposium Group
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I haven't actually travelled on a train since 2011. Before that, I was on one every other week for three years visiting my then partner. There is one big factor as to not riding on trains as much now but it's too raw in my mind to mention it here. I had a wonderful time growing up in the 70s, despite the fact that dad died when I was 14 in 1972 and mum had to bring up 5 young kids on her own for a number of years.
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You have some deep thoughts there . . . I write about Jello-Slushies . . . lol ... is there another way to look at it Going Too Fucking Far NEW Blog Features RevealeD O O A Foolproof Method Posted Over on that NEW site O O
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Like you I was a kid when kids were allowed to be. Every summer we were released in the morning, told to be back for lunch, not get ourselves killed, and basically left to do as we pleased. We formed packs of roving bicycle gangs, had at least one memorable massive dirt clod fight at a construction site, and played frisbee and various ball games. Everybody survived with minor scrapes, bruises and bug bites but nothing more. Now, I suppose all our parents would be arrested. I can’t imagine that there are more perverts and murderers out there today than there were then...perhaps people just didn’t talk of the bad things that may have happened to kids. But I share your sense that something has been lost that we may come to regret as these sheltered over-programmed kids become adults. And that worries me a bit.
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