Remember as a kid, summer meant bolting out of the house with toast still in hand, not returning until lunch and dashing out again straight after? Remember at 5 mins before 8, playing with your wind up watch, so it would "appear" to be slow??!! Remember, disgruntled parents standing at the front gate tutting you and swiping at your head for pretending your watch was slow?
What the hell happened in as little as a generation?
Now, I am expected to come outside, sit on a curb or a deck chair 'watching' my kids turning circles on their bikes and scooters in the cul de sac, listening to other parents chastise their off spring....for....being....kids?! What happened to scaling walls, hiking up trees, childhood independence? Suburban sprawl has created a monster..... fear of nothing. Obviously there are everyday doh moments; yes a bike helmet does make sense, don't cycle to the main road, still don't talk to the weird shirtless dude who waves and holds out sweets and candy, but for the love of all that is childhood holy....let them be kids. Let them live and absorb and grow!
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