I often think back on the differences between how my childhood was compared to how kids today grow up. And I would take my childhood over there's every time. Sure we didn't have AC, color tv and computers. But we had something the majority of kids today don't. Imagination and the advantage of learning things by doing. My parents didn't keep me locked in the house. They opened the door and let me explore and experience things. These were called life lessons. And if you came home with scrapes and bruises it was just part of growing up. And you found out early in life that there were ramifications for the thing you did. Both Good and Bad. But you learned your lessons and you moved on. Today it seams like parents what to stick kids in some kind of bubble. Where nothing can get at them. And they are never giving the opportunity to Live and Grow. Where if you drink water out of a hose in your back yard. You are going to die. And if you get scraped up a little from something you did is bad. These things don't kill you. They make you a Well Rounded Individual. And Teach You how to handle things later in life. And I know I grew up in a small city in the late 60's and early 70's. In the mid west. And life wasn't Prefect or Easy. But I Survived and Moved on to Adulthood. And I have made my share of Mistakes and did Stupid Things. But I always knew I was Responsible for my Actions. And my Childhood with all the Scrapes and Bruises. Helped Prepare Me For Life.
Not everyone grew up in the suburbs with streetlights and sidewalks as columnists like to present mid-20th century America. I lived in the country which had neither street lights nor sidewalks. We played in the woods and streams ( except in the hottest part of the summer when the streams dried up.) but biking would be tricky on narrow country roads. Getting to a friend’s house meant arranging transportation, which meant parents were involved and we were either home before dinner or spent the night at the friend’s.
Don’t get me wrong, kids always love the freedom of summer, but for some of us starting school meant seeing friends again.
Yeah I've done that, my folks are born around late forties early fifties so that's how I remember my childhood days, outside, no AC , bikes, go carts (self pedal kind) and scooters along with adventures around the neighborhood and other places near. But as I grew older I was pushed from playing outside to working in the yard taking care of the fruit trees and things grown. Now adays I don't play as much due to work but few buddies and I are going to hit the beach, we used to do it a bit more actively but work and life tends to get in the way. Funny part is this will be the first time in our group that we have a little one among us and not just a ton of young adults, so having a baby to watch out for should be interesting none the less. But not going to lie, I'd rather work in the rain then summer heat lol, I've done enough labor jobs in both.
I often think back on the differences between how my childhood was compared to how kids today grow up. And I would take my childhood over there's every time. Sure we didn't have AC, color tv and computers. But we had something the majority of kids today don't. Imagination and the advantage of learning things by doing. My parents didn't keep me locked in the house. They opened the door and let me explore and experience things. These were called life lessons. And if you came home with scrapes and bruises it was just part of growing up. And you found out early in life that there were ramifications for the thing you did. Both Good and Bad. But you learned your lessons and you moved on. Today it seams like parents what to stick kids in some kind of bubble. Where nothing can get at them. And they are never giving the opportunity to Live and Grow. Where if you drink water out of a hose in your back yard. You are going to die. And if you get scraped up a little from something you did is bad. These things don't kill you. They make you a Well Rounded Individual. And Teach You how to handle things later in life. And I know I grew up in a small city in the late 60's and early 70's. In the mid west. And life wasn't Prefect or Easy. But I Survived and Moved on to Adulthood. And I have made my share of Mistakes and did Stupid Things. But I always knew I was Responsible for my Actions. And my Childhood with all the Scrapes and Bruises. Helped Prepare Me For Life.
Not everyone grew up in the suburbs with streetlights and sidewalks as columnists like to present mid-20th century America. I lived in the country which had neither street lights nor sidewalks. We played in the woods and streams ( except in the hottest part of the summer when the streams dried up.) but biking would be tricky on narrow country roads. Getting to a friend’s house meant arranging transportation, which meant parents were involved and we were either home before dinner or spent the night at the friend’s.
Don’t get me wrong, kids always love the freedom of summer, but for some of us starting school meant seeing friends again.
Yeah I've done that, my folks are born around late forties early fifties so that's how I remember my childhood days, outside, no AC , bikes, go carts (self pedal kind) and scooters along with adventures around the neighborhood and other places near. But as I grew older I was pushed from playing outside to working in the yard taking care of the fruit trees and things grown. Now adays I don't play as much due to work but few buddies and I are going to hit the beach, we used to do it a bit more actively but work and life tends to get in the way. Funny part is this will be the first time in our group that we have a little one among us and not just a ton of young adults, so having a baby to watch out for should be interesting none the less. But not going to lie, I'd rather work in the rain then summer heat lol, I've done enough labor jobs in both.