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RE: If I Could Turn Back Time... Spring Foward!
Well when I was a tiny tot, it was a long walk to school. We crossed 6 roads to get to elementary school. As I was a safety, I had to be out even earlier than the other kids. I am for whatever allows the kiddos more daylight and safety, although I imagine most of the lil snowflakes get rides nowadays lol.
Yes, those millennials won't be walking anywhere! (That is what my father used to say) He lived near an elementary school and says there was never any walkers, despite all the housing around him. Times have changed and people no longer feel safe letting kids walk by themselves.
Isn't that a shame?
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It is a shame, but it is also understandable. I can vividly remember being warned of a blue Gremlin driven by the Oakland County child killer in 76, I was 10....but we still hoofed it to school and played outside till it was dark. There were times when a car would stop and ask directions...we knew to never get too close...who knows? It is a sick and twisted world, and it is so sad.
I never worried when I was a kid, even took a ride from a stranger once. She was really nice. I thought my parents were going to freak!
Played til it was dark and walked around everywhere.
Sigh. Being alert is one thing, but, we do have to live in this world too. Right?
Exactly right. I think it is, like most things in life, a question of balance. Too protective is not good, but neither is some parents blatantly not caring either. Oh that elusive point of balance...
Balance is key! I agree with you. There is such a fine line that people have trouble finding the perfect balance.
That and the fact that it is different for everyone. One must find their own balance.
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