[baltimorepoet]

Sheesh, she survived all that in her young life, and the wiles of a deviant college student ended her life. In a way, I’m glad I don’t have kids. It seems increasingly impossible to keep them out of trouble.

I know, right.

But, statistically, kids are probably safer now than 200 years ago, when they could have been kidnapped or massacred by Native Americans, killed by disease (Yellow fever, smallpox, malaria, typhoid)

[rarestia]

There’s no innocence anymore. Wife and I were watching the new Family Feud with Steve Harvey last night, and one of the questions was “At what age did you first play ‘spin-the-bottle’?” She and I said 15-16. The people on the show said 13. The number one answer was 12. I was climbing trees and riding bikes at 12. I didn’t know much about girls except that they had cooties until I was around 14. Crazy how fast kids grow up now.