[Carolinamom]

My mother never knew where I was riding my bike or roller skating in the neighborhood but didn't worry. We roamed the woods, caught ground squirrels and tamed them, dug worms to go fishing in the creek. I never ate dirt, but I knew a girl who did. I practiced shooting my Daisy Air Rifle, went hunting w/my dad, worked in the family vegetable garden, fed my dog and the chickens and gathered their eggs. In the second grade, I was the fastest runner...beat the boys! I saved bread wrappers to send off for my G-Man ring. I climbed trees, fell out of one getting mistle toe, had a favorite limb to swing out over a ravine while yelling like Tarzan (or so we thought...LOL). I went to the town library and to the movies every week, listened to "Let's Pretend" and "The Shadow Knows" on the radio, had all the childhood diseases and survived whooping cough as well. And I was and am a girl!

[MotleyGirl70]

My mom always knew where I was, but she wasn't over-protective. I was the youngest of three and pretty small for my age compared to the other boys and girls so I think she was just a bit more concerned THAT WAY about me in my pre-teen years. She didn't worry so much about my older brother or sister.