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Forget about Free-Range chickens or eggs... what about Free-Range Kids?
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This is an interesting article on the freedom vs restrictions that our kids have these days (compared to when we grew up)
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Wow, I didn’t realize that this sort of overbearing parenting had even developed. The only people I know with kids are all living overseas, so I don’t have any idea what’s going on with the young ones these days.
I was pretty shocked to read about parents not letting 11 year olds leave the house alone. Albeit, I grew up in a sleepy little village out in the sticks, but by age 9 I was out the door in the morning and back when the sun was setting.
By age 11 I was riding my bike miles away, trying out new things… the summer between 5th grade and 6th was awesome. I discovered chocolate covered coffee beans, the hippie store that sold stick incense and hacky-sacks, and the local college computer lab…
Hell, by age 9 or 10 I can remember a Ponderosa steakhouse opening up in town, complete with an all-you-can-eat ice cream bar. A group of us suger-crazed kids realized we could sneak friends in and hide them under the table while only 2 or 3 of us actually payed for the ice cream.
Honestly, I don’t remember my parents having much to do with my childhood. I look back and I can only remember neighborhood kids. Sure, they signed me up for summer recreation programs, took me sledding… it’s not like I raised myself or anything. The thing is, I was learning much more from seeing the world as it existed outside of my house.
I guess I can see some evidence of this kind of prison parenting. I’ve always wondered why people keep on this straight-as-an-arrow path through life. You know, high school, college, office job, car loan, vacation in Mexico or Vegas… the boring life. I guess if your parents raised you to be afraid of absolutely everything, you’ll have a hell of a time getting over it.
On the plus side, if parents are getting even more overbearing, that means we’ll have a generation of damn near slaves ready for us by the time we’re running the whole show, right?
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