Well, that's it then! If it scares you, it can't be right.
Here, this is for you, don't be afraid.
Posted on 12/01/2015 12:03:34 AM PST by detective
Today it’s dial 1-800-IMSNITCH..
“If you live in a village that believes “it takes a village”... move.”
...because if you don’t, you’ll have to move with the times.
Actually I did walk home in the snow some 10 miles or so (I’ll have to clock it off next time I’m down there).
Fortunately, it wasn’t up hill each way!
That was once, BTW, after basketball practice. It wasn’t nearly as hard as practice, LOL.
Letting the kid play outside is normal.
Naming him "Tomahawk" is child abuse.
It's just the world we see on the 24/7 fearmongering TV screen every day.
Get a copy of local codes and call the authorities for every infraction.
Describing your summers spent in Canada, eh? ;-)
Ditto. My parents drove me there my first day. After that I walked to kindergarten and back home by myself which was the equivalent of about half a mile one way. I didn't turn five until almost December.
A deputy sheriff showed up here because my six-year-old and three-year-old were in our front yard. “Caring” neighbors.
Well, that's it then! If it scares you, it can't be right.
Here, this is for you, don't be afraid.
I had so much anxiety over my grand daughter’s safety when she was a toddler. For some reason they didn’t want to use a playpen even after she banged her head jumping off a chair, and then one day they let her sit on the basement stairs when they went down to do something, and as toddlers will be fidgety and play on them not knowing the danger, she ended up falling. My daughter was afraid to tell me but the little one told me all about it when I next saw her. She could have died(concrete floor.)I had warned them to put up a gate. We had an extra at our place and gave them one. I’m so glad she’s well past that stage! And that the kids are older and wiser.
I agree about the "out of sight, unsupervised" part. A sense of mature judgment comes into the matter, particularly even leaving your child free to open any cupboard or drawer even inside your own home.
Some children have a knack of troublesome curiosity. This is statistical. A four-year-old will get into trouble, given enough time. You can count on it. The only significant variable is "when."
I don’t give a frig what you or anyone else says about it. 4-5 years old is too young to let play unsupervised alone outdoors or go walking the neighborhood. A friend lost their little guy that way. If something is precious to you, it’s only natural to want to protect it.
My daughter, K-bar, thinks it’s cute.
This is a case of “free range” parenting.
With the number of freaks in California, I wouldn’t let an 18 yr old out of my sight.
The local packaging store loves people like you. I bet they profit handsomely on bubble wrap.
Back in our past, we kept most of the risk locked up in institutions. It was a much safer world for little kids.
That’s what happened to Sonya Hendren when she let her 41-year-old son, Snowflake, play on their gated Sacramento, California, apartment complex playground by himself. She felt her son could handle playing unsupervised 120 feet from her apartment’s front door, but her neighbor disagreed. According to local news outlet CBS8, the neighbor, Sonja Horrell, reported Hendren to Child Protective Services, and Hendren was arrested for felony child neglect and endangerment.
My parents too...lets see what I did: Bike without a helmet, play sandlot baseball, tackle football without any padding, dirtbiking without helmet, bike 100 miles without my parents, took the train to Montreal to see a hockey game (a Whalers Canadians game), fly to Florida, swam in a swimming hole without a suit, fish without a license, boat until it was dark, played outside until the streetlights go on, play with my chemical set (that had lead and mercury in it) and more things my kids can’t do.
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