tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7561631984395061740.post3092058079996629016..comments2023-10-22T06:15:30.760-04:00Comments on Boomer Musings: Free-Range Parenting and UsDouglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09752593286034877538noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7561631984395061740.post-43315697181342198012015-04-15T11:45:52.333-04:002015-04-15T11:45:52.333-04:00Notes, perhaps we live in more dangerous time or p...Notes, perhaps we live in more dangerous time or perhaps we just think we do. The local news is usually not too bad but the national? Often horrendous and full of tales of evil doers and the evil they do. Then I remember there are 330 million+ people in this country and these reports come from all over and I relax a bit. My son called me at work one time when he was 11 and wanted to know if he could take his bike about 10 miles away. I told him "No" but he went anyway and got his bike seat and pedals stolen; lesson learned. I think the parents of the two children in the story should sue the city for false imprisonment of the kids and lack of notification that they had them.Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09752593286034877538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7561631984395061740.post-91241659263097540712015-04-15T08:36:56.947-04:002015-04-15T08:36:56.947-04:00I grew up in North Carolina. My grandfather owned ...I grew up in North Carolina. My grandfather owned much of the area where we lived, and the homes that he built were where my friends lived.<br />His lake where he fished was off limits but other than that, we were all wild and free.. <br />Today when I see how careful we all have to be with our babies, the truly sick people there are out there who would harm those babies, I want to lock them in a room and keep them safe until they grow up.<br />But we can't. We have to teach them to be careful and bite our tongues when they go out into the world .. brave little souls .. full of anticipation and adventure.<br />I find Some People have too much time on their hands and spend it minding other peoples business.<br />My reaction to that is to ignore them and be glad they have no say in what I do.<br />I also quit listening to the local news at night.<br />I would be afraid to go out of the house if I did !Notes From ABroadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12202279303962539035noreply@blogger.com