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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 451825" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>Yeah. Honestly I sometimes think that is the point of it all. </p><p></p><p>I had teachers jaws drop when I told them my kids bedtime was 7pm. (it didn't change until high school, then most of the time they still went to bed at least by 8pm) Other parents would look at me like I was vicious because my kids didn't spend every waking moment in front of the tv or a video game. Teachers acted like I was horrid that I didn't have my kid serfing the net.......and when I balked at them using my computer for homework. Oh, was even more fun when I didn't <strong>own</strong> a computer for homework. Other parents couldn't believe my kids were given 15 mins as a time limit per phone call, no calls after 7pm (bedtime) or during dinner. If they abused the 15 min privilage by a friend repeatedly calling back, they lost it for a couple of weeks. Oh, and they weren't allowed to give the number out without prior permission. Aw heck, easy child didn't own her first boom box until she was 16.....none of them did. </p><p></p><p>And yeah, I heard it over the sports. Each got a turn at a sport for one year prior to hs. That was IT. Too expensive. Took too much free time up. In hs it was their responsibility if they wanted to do sports or clubs or whatever to find transportation or walk and to pay for it themselves. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Um. Maybe it was just the city I grew up in.....although I saw the same thing in other towns......but believe me there <strong>were</strong> plenty of sex predators out there waiting to strike. We reported them to the grade school principal repeatedly, we avoided them in the parks, on the way to the grocery, on the way to school. Honestly I couldn't begin to count the number of times I was approached even while with a <strong>group</strong> of kids. </p><p></p><p>That would be the reason that by the age of two my kids knew their full names, mine and husband's full names, their address complete with zip code, phone number including area code, knew how to call 911 and how to call the home phone number. And also why my kids never played outside alone........they were always in eyesight although I let them be kids. </p><p></p><p>The same dangers have always been there. People just like to sugar coat the past. It's just that back then kids learned how to deal with them. Now.....they're bubble wrapped or like Star said parked in front of electronic devices made to keep them quiet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 451825, member: 84"] Yeah. Honestly I sometimes think that is the point of it all. I had teachers jaws drop when I told them my kids bedtime was 7pm. (it didn't change until high school, then most of the time they still went to bed at least by 8pm) Other parents would look at me like I was vicious because my kids didn't spend every waking moment in front of the tv or a video game. Teachers acted like I was horrid that I didn't have my kid serfing the net.......and when I balked at them using my computer for homework. Oh, was even more fun when I didn't [B]own[/B] a computer for homework. Other parents couldn't believe my kids were given 15 mins as a time limit per phone call, no calls after 7pm (bedtime) or during dinner. If they abused the 15 min privilage by a friend repeatedly calling back, they lost it for a couple of weeks. Oh, and they weren't allowed to give the number out without prior permission. Aw heck, easy child didn't own her first boom box until she was 16.....none of them did. And yeah, I heard it over the sports. Each got a turn at a sport for one year prior to hs. That was IT. Too expensive. Took too much free time up. In hs it was their responsibility if they wanted to do sports or clubs or whatever to find transportation or walk and to pay for it themselves. Um. Maybe it was just the city I grew up in.....although I saw the same thing in other towns......but believe me there [B]were[/B] plenty of sex predators out there waiting to strike. We reported them to the grade school principal repeatedly, we avoided them in the parks, on the way to the grocery, on the way to school. Honestly I couldn't begin to count the number of times I was approached even while with a [B]group[/B] of kids. That would be the reason that by the age of two my kids knew their full names, mine and husband's full names, their address complete with zip code, phone number including area code, knew how to call 911 and how to call the home phone number. And also why my kids never played outside alone........they were always in eyesight although I let them be kids. The same dangers have always been there. People just like to sugar coat the past. It's just that back then kids learned how to deal with them. Now.....they're bubble wrapped or like Star said parked in front of electronic devices made to keep them quiet. [/QUOTE]
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