We are raising a generation of frightened, neurotic children incapable of fending for themselves and this does not bode well for our nation.
No more “Go outside and play until I call you for dinner.” Or until the street lights came on. Sadly, the days of being outside from sun up to sun set will never be seen again.
On the other hand, there’s plenty to be afraid of in our modern society. Gun control laws in cities have rendered many areas killzones. Perverts and deviants may now promote agendas to children unsupervised. Pedophiles are emboldened by leftist judges.
The solution is for sane people to live much more rurally, away from the detritus of modern liberalism. Then your kids can run as free as they like without fear.
I think I learned to be self reliant by going out on my own and finding friends to play with. Taught me to be adventurous.
I doubt the danger is any greater today than it was 100 years ago. We have access to information about it a lot more than we used to.
Yeah, that’s the ticket. Raise your babies like convicts confined to their cells. That will work out well.
I guess fifty-sixty years ago most parents would have been in jail if they would have been punished for letting their kids play unsupervised. And there were many more chlldren running around then. I remember being four or five years old and running around the neighborhood and beyond far out of sight of my parents. With other kids of course.
My two sons are in their early 20s, already out of the house and doing well for themselves.
That's because when they were in Little League, I didn't camp out at their practices with a lawn chair and a cooler full of enough drinks to sate the thirst of a small Somalian town like the other parents did.
I remember getting dirty looks from those parents as I dropped them off at practice and told them I'd be back a couple hours later. Everybody else felt obligated to sit in those damn lawn chairs every single practice "cheering" their little brats as they fielded (or didn't field) some ground balls and took a few weak swings at the plate with their oversized batting helmets.
Me, I couldn't care less. My kids were on their own when it came to ball practice because I had errands to run, books to read, etc. I might have shown up at an actual game now and again but that was about it.
When raising the two boys, I was definitely a "come home when the street lights turn on" kind of parent. I let them explore their neighborhood, get into a little trouble, skin their knees once in a while. And guess what, they grew up and became independent at a fairly early age while their peers still live in their parent's basement watching Green Day concerts and working some dead end part time job at the Orange Julius over at the mall.
Waiting for their parents to die so they can inherit the house because they aren't going to get off their butts to go get a house of their own.
Sadly, I see a lot of this sentiment on FR. People here get livid when other parents do things they don’t think parents should do.
My take: OTHER PEOPLE’S KIDS ARE NOT MY KIDS. GOD HAS GIVEN THE PARENTS THE AUTHORITY TO PARENT THEM AS THEY SEE FIT. Barring IMMINENT loss of life, I butt out.
Yes, this means poke a lit joint in your four year old’s mouth and I may give you a tongue lashing, but it is none of my business. And once it becomes my business, this country is done. It is no longer free.
Come to think of it...
What idiots.
In the 50’s we were playing ‘unsupervised under the age of 9’ all the time.
We’ve become a silly country, culture, and society. Bad things happens when this occurs.
We will have deserved it.
This ain’t the 1950’s anymore. It’s far more dangerous now for kids.
What the effin hell?
The little buggers breathe and poop just fine on their own.
Let em go play by themselves.
this “supervised” crap is going to enable Xbox and yoir 80” inch screen to become the supervisor, as you won’t be able to work up the energy and go to the park....BECAUSE....you need to make sure the house is clean, a meal prepared, shopping is done or just have some frickin alone time.
Additionally, your presence will only hinder their ability to resolve things, as you will constantly intervene, stunting their growth of independence and self identity.
maybe we should just surrender our children to the state until their 18 that way they’ll be well cared for! /s
I recap the sixties growing up in suburb. We were allowed free reign by our parents but there were certain ground rules. First, we knew that other moms were watching us and would not hesitate to report our behavior and faced punishment when we returned. Second, the older kids looked out for and protected the younger kiss. Third, our parents knew which neighbors were odd and gave us strict instructions to stay away from them. Finally, our parents taught us to be wary of adults we did not know and impowered us to make judgments about strangers based on incomplete information.
In other words, it’s the “You kids get off of my damned lawn” law.
This must be the same generation of people who have made our Rules of Engagement protection for our enemies...can't fire until fired upon or not having real bullets to start with.
That was what I was thinking.
Lots of supposed conservatives will brag on one had about how we used to go off for hours to play in the past, while being the most paranoid about there being a pedo or kidnapper around every mailbox.
Caution is a no-brainer, but so I teaching kids to be their own best protection.
ehhh no thanks LIBTARD NAZI COMMIE SCUMBAGS..... but..... LET’S HAVE MANDATORY DEATH SENTENCE FOR PEDOPHILES..... televised on all msm and cable channels so peds can see their fate if they act.......
As soon as school was out yesterday my yard filled up with kids, ranging from 9 to 14. We looked in on them, but it was hardly supervised.
Good Lord our nation is becoming weak, spineless and a bunch of wusses.