tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37253603.post5147439261604349733..comments2023-11-02T06:33:02.413-04:00Comments on Mac and Cheese: Freedom of Summer PastTaniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886049581948361060noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37253603.post-50538904938482722512008-06-08T09:02:00.001-04:002008-06-08T09:02:00.001-04:00I truly find it amazing how little freedom our chi...I truly find it amazing how little freedom our children have now. Is the world *really* that much scarier a place?<BR/><BR/>I remember telling someone recently how once Peanut was older that the park was right around the corner for her to go to alone with her friends, and the person was horrified. Shocked and horrified. Let her go to the park alone? (This same person also couldn't imagine me b*babblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17494191160073990465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37253603.post-53531135369592265412008-06-08T09:02:00.000-04:002008-06-08T09:02:00.000-04:00I truly find it amazing how little freedom our chi...I truly find it amazing how little freedom our children have now. Is the world *really* that much scarier a place?<BR/><BR/>I remember telling someone recently how once Peanut was older that the park was right around the corner for her to go to alone with her friends, and the person was horrified. Shocked and horrified. Let her go to the park alone? (This same person also couldn't imagine me b*babblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17494191160073990465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37253603.post-75988732019772195452008-06-05T22:58:00.000-04:002008-06-05T22:58:00.000-04:00I can imagine you and Dave frying bacon together, ...I can imagine you and Dave frying bacon together, and Dave acting like he knew everything about frying, and meanwhile bacon grease splattering all over the place... Bet those sandwiches were GOOD!!! <BR/><BR/>Despite my parents being super serious and overprotective, I travelled unaccompanied on planes and trains starting when I was about 11, and I drove myself to Detroit when I was 16. That fzaltzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13051907970803509705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37253603.post-66183921956927596692008-06-04T21:46:00.000-04:002008-06-04T21:46:00.000-04:00Dude I didn't even know I had parents until I was ...Dude I didn't even know I had parents until I was twelve.motherbumperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053978199395919666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37253603.post-13953762843378326182008-06-04T20:06:00.000-04:002008-06-04T20:06:00.000-04:00In fact, did you read about that mom who sent her ...In fact, did you read about that mom who sent her 9-year-old home on the subway alone and there was a HUGE uproar about it? I was totally riding subways alone by at least ten.kittenpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05215443551546036909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37253603.post-74762646254192716472008-06-04T17:52:00.000-04:002008-06-04T17:52:00.000-04:00If my kids had any idea of the amount and extent o...If my kids had any idea of the amount and extent of bad 70s TV I ingested as a youth, they would have my head.<BR/><BR/>There's a new girl in town, and she's feel-in GOOD! Loved that Flo.<BR/><BR/>We were totally unsupervised and my Mom was at home. She let us play in the tall weeds by the railroad tracks and the rattlers.Paula Lynn Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06815316838340973957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37253603.post-19215298710270035322008-06-03T12:35:00.000-04:002008-06-03T12:35:00.000-04:00so very true...I recall the exact same kind of sum...so very true...<BR/>I recall the exact same kind of summers, riding my bike (no helmet) to the corner store (across a very busy road far from home) having a key on a string on my neck and looking out for my little brother.<BR/>I also remember watching Mork & Mindy and Captain Kangaroo while eating truck loads of Captain Crunch, rice crispies with say a cup or so of sugar on them or lucky Charms petite gourmandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14390555269928625967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37253603.post-80449304678264656562008-06-02T10:15:00.000-04:002008-06-02T10:15:00.000-04:00I agree with you on all of that. My hubby and I ar...I agree with you on all of that. My hubby and I are working hard to try and instill the sense of freedom we had but we still have fears. Both of us grew up in neighbourhoods where there were lots of close friends/family around. We don't entirely have that in our current neighbourhood. I know my mom left me in charge of my siblings from when I was about 12 years old (they were 9 and 7) but my Chantalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01623046375096046381noreply@blogger.com