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I do miss spending time with my off-line friends.
I can just never seem to get out of work!
posted by
WritersBlok
on September 15, 2006 at 1:31 PM
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Corbin, yes, good old fashioned playing outdoors...after school, on
weekends...no one worried...I knew when I had to be home and I was never late...if I was, my Mom dealt with me appropriately...
(not literally)...we made up stories (Davey Crockett style, or Zorro) and just had fun..
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posted by
Rumor
on September 15, 2006 at 7:29 AM
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In trying to make sure no harm comes to our kids
We are doing serious harm.
posted by
SuccessWarrior
on September 15, 2006 at 7:26 AM
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You forgot something!!!
In those days if we threw a tantrum or pulled some caper and got caught, it was no measly time out or disapproving look. It was a good beating with a willow switch or dad's belt, and you sat on a chair until Mom or Dad said you could get up, and if you cried and bawled and had welts, well that was what was supposed to happen. Nobody ran for child welfare or threatened anybody with child abuse. And kids didn't stick to their peer group and exclude adults -- they aspired to be adults, to get a good job and be treated like a grownup.
Another thing: cops kept an eye on kids. Catch a kid smoking or drinking in an alley or getting ready to pitch a brick through a window, and they'd grab him up, give a warning, maybe a lecture, maybe even rough 'em up a bit, and drop 'em off at home, where mom or dad could take over. This way the kid didn't have a juvie record hanging over his head for the rest of his life.
posted by
Pat_B
on September 15, 2006 at 7:23 AM
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