tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post2638610674620860458..comments2024-03-28T18:35:08.085-04:00Comments on The AC is On: Scandalous DoingsAnvilcloudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07974744042579564912noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-52979305535077629462007-04-27T13:58:00.000-04:002007-04-27T13:58:00.000-04:00Times have certainly changed.. even from when I wa...Times have certainly changed.. even from when I was raising my own kids. Sad in many ways. Children need a certain amount of freedom and alone situations to learn how to problem solve and get along in this world. But most of all, I wonder how many kids today feel that same sense of adventure that we once did.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-19491968613343837892007-04-27T10:57:00.000-04:002007-04-27T10:57:00.000-04:00My dad was telling me the other day how he used to...My dad was telling me the other day how he used to roam the wilds of Pennsylvania as a child, from abandoned mines to quarries to forestland. Most children these days will never get to experience something like that. I think it is sad.Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11604097511444010759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-73634461089324806202007-04-27T09:18:00.000-04:002007-04-27T09:18:00.000-04:00I feel a little torn about this. Yes, I agree tha...I feel a little torn about this. Yes, I agree that we've become overprotective and even somewhat paranoid. But on the other hand, my oldest daughter has to start taking city transit to school in grade 7, and then I think "why can't she take the school bus a couple more years?"Heather Pletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01975795000759157299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-57619643169576732272007-04-27T08:45:00.000-04:002007-04-27T08:45:00.000-04:00Times really have changed. I know someone who grew...Times really have changed. I know someone who grew up in Boston (where I live now) who wandered the city as a little child and it was commonplace to do that. The only bad thing that happened is she once rode her bicycle off a dock and into the Charles River.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com