Re: En Garde !


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Posted by David Sherman on Monday, May 18, 2009 at 11:22:22 :

In Reply to: Re: En Garde ! posted by Daryl in Oz on Monday, May 18, 2009 at 04:18:43 :

Good story, and good thinking to get the kids moving. Even living here in the middle of the woods, there aren't many kids these days who go out and play in the woods. If they're outdoorsy, they ride quads, or if they're athletic they play football. Maybe the world of the future is the world of pasty people plugged into intercelltwitterphonenet 24/7. I guess we'll find out.

Part of the problem I see is most of the kids these days don't have fathers, at least not that live with them. They're all being raised by their mothers, and mothers are naturally overprotective. They fall down and start squalling and the mother fusses all over them, whereas a father would just say "you're not hurt". Mothers are afraid of all the bad things that could happen to their children "out there". They don't let them have sharp objects or toys with "chemicals" in them. They give them cell phones so they can check in all the time. It's the nature of mothers to be overprotective, but it's getting ridiculous these days. I was just reading in the Seattle paper of how they're worried about their children getting exposed to toxic chemicals from the ground-up tires that are used as the base for the astro-turf on the neighborhood play fields. One more reason to keep them indoors, I guess.



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