and Cops and Robbers
Too PC I guess.
Posted on 08/09/2017 4:50:01 PM PDT by vannrox
Good list full of fond memories, both of my own childhood and of parenting. Each of my kids did almost every one of these. Exceptions:
- none had much interest in fireworks.
- two never jumped off a cliff that I know of
- none put a penny on railroad tracks that I know of
- the same two who never jumped off a cliff also never shot a slingshot
- one never road a bike off a ramp that I know of
Otherwise, I did pretty well as a parent. I feel bad for kids whose parents are too protective when it’s not needed.
Yeah. Things turned bad when the monkey bars went.
The big thing when I was kid riding down the hill with no hand on your bicycle on where they were building new homes. We cycled into the hills the construction guys built to the dig out basement. Flying off your cycle was the statist quo.
We had a blast!!!!
Lived in trees. Shot bbs. Played with yard darts and bow and arrows. Had a fabulous time!!!!Went out at 9 came back at 6. (sometimes at lunch if you were hungry, you went home or ended up at the neighbors) The best.
All the things they listed was the best part of being kid!
Did all those things, too.
Bill Cosby - Playground
“The monkey bars came in....we lost 124 kids in one day......”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rqv38fP7cr0
and Cops and Robbers
Too PC I guess.
As a kid I did twenty one of those things.
For me, my childhood had everything listed but the penny on railroad tracks.
I grew up in a third-world country. My brother was 9 and I was 7, and we rode the bus by ourselves across town to hang out and play soccer with the other kids. This was often morning to night. They didn’t know where I was, and there was no way to even call them during the day. I got in fights, went hungry often, but had a very good time. I’m in a professional career now.
I can’t believe how much of a wuss our society is here in the U.S. regarding this issue.
I remember when Dad would take me up in Grizzly country and rub bacon grease on me and tell me to go play with “Those big, furry dogs”.
Good times.....good times.....
Yep, did everything in the article as well as the 4 you listed.
When you rubbed Mercury on a dime it looked like it had been chromed, but we survived. :)
They ‘forgot’ a couple of things...
Ride in back of pickup
Ride in rumble seat
There was no sledding in south Louisiana, but staying upright while paddling a leaky old pirogue is a sufficient substitute.
And for some reason they scraped away the dirt under the monkey bars down to solid rock and then added a layer of gravel. They were mean back then. Really mean. I think they hated little kids.
My 12-year old grandson just visited me for a week...first time solo, without his parents. I bought some fireworks (mortars) from another state, made a bonfire for a cookout, and shot ‘em off when it got full dark. Took him to the races at a short, high-banked track. Also taught him how to drive my car. I’d appreciate your help in thinking of stuff for next year.
One of our favorite things was jumping off the roof of the barn into a pile of hay...
We were pretending to be "superman", (of course)
I grew up in the country. We got to do things that the "city kids" didn't have access to.
I'm in my late 70's and I'll say this.....
Todays kids are a bunch of "wimps" compared to the things my generation did...
Just sayin'......
All but drive a car and explore a tunnel for me. Does exploring wrecked barges on the Mississippi count?
“Kid jumping the ramp on the bike doesn’t know how to do it.
It’s gonna be an ow!”
That’s why every kid should do it.
I did all of the above as a child.
I clearly remember sitting on my Dad’s lap in the car in 1955 as he let me steer the it down the road near our house while listening to Elvis Presley’s first hit on the radio: “I nee, nee, nee, need you. That’s alright my mama...”
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