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Post by 950nancy on Jul 11, 2018 20:46:15 GMT
My kids were the kids on the block who had to play outside. They are now 22 and 24. I didn't do it because I didn't want them to use technology. They had some. I didn't want to strangle them. It was self preservation. Now I will complain about people texting and driving (all ages) and parenting while glued to a screen. That is just not going to end up well. my kids didn't have a block (or really any neighbors either) but they tended to know when to go out and make themselves scarce, too. Go explore the woods or something. The self-preservation was a must for them and us, right?! even my nowX DH used to drive me crazy with "the kids never go play with their friends. When I was a kid I rode my bike everywhere/gone all day ..." We live in middle of no where. You had to import kids. The closest friends they had were prob a mile and a half away down a 55mph road that they weren't allowed to ride bikes on. hmmm... My boys lived 10 miles away from their school. They had a younger buddy across the street. Aside from him, that was it. One time I went outside to see them buzzing and shooting "guns" (sticks) at each other. They were killer bees. I think the fact that they really only had each other made them the best of friends. |
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