Hi Guys
. I'm filling in for Mani today. Today's question is:
What is something you grew up with that you feel today's kids are missing out on?
What is something you grew up with that you feel today's kids are missing out on?
Ehhh. . .I'm glad when people take a stand to protect children. My grandpa once hit my uncle in the groin with a belt buckle, and his privates swelled up so bad that my grandma took him to the hospital (against my grandpa's wishes, because he said the kid would be fine), and she said the doctor just laughed and told her to tell her husband that the belt is supposed to go on the other end :/. He hit my other uncle across the head and burst his eardrum so that he needed surgery, and again the doctors did/said nothing. He hurt his kids a lot like that; he could have used more criticism. Lots more. So I'm glad the world is a different place now and I can't fault anyone for standing up for children. But there should be a middle ground, I guess :tongue2:.Parents who are free to discipline their children! Discipline=training. Everyone has an opinon on it; from the old lady next door, to the man at the supermarket to the government. Maybe back in the day parents dealt with interference from others; but gosh now that I'm a Mom there isn't a thing you can do in raising your kids that wont be criticized. I could rant on this all day.
Thank the Lord our parents respect the boundary between parents and grandparents! The rest can go climb a tree. Might be good for them; get that physical exercise in.
The trouble is, they can't go and climb a tree.. too dangerous. We have sanitised the world into something where kids can't possibly, in any way, hurt themselves, all in the name of avoiding litigation. By all means, make the world a safer place, but some of the stuff is just ridiculous.The rest can go climb a tree. Might be good for them; get that physical exercise in.
Yes, great memories there too - but not quite so hot swimming of the north east coast of Scotland tho' (or in France or Holland from my summer holiday memories of there).The trouble is, they can't go and climb a tree.. too dangerous. We have sanitised the world into something where kids can't possibly, in any way, hurt themselves, all in the name of avoiding litigation. By all means, make the world a safer place, but some of the stuff is just ridiculous.
One thing I'm so glad I could do as a kid was play on the beach and leap around in the ocean in a skimpy bathing suit.. I know skin cancer is such a big thing and it's unavoidable (in Australia, and particularly in Southern states, the hole in the ozone layer is huge and I know one year in Tasmania people were hospitalised with severe burns). But I still feel so sorry for those kids who are dressed in synthetic body suits and are contually slathered in zinc and other sunscreens. I may have to get some skin cancers removed, but golly I enjoyed those carefree beach days when I was a kid.
Great question, BTW, smitten4kittens