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I just saw this piece by

Richard Day — Sat, 16 May 2015 23:07:02 +0000

In reply to FREE RANGING CHILDREN

I just saw this piece by Maher.

Ironic.

Richard Day — Wed, 22 Apr 2015 05:25:52 +0000

In reply to My Dad used to drive us

Ironic.

Cousin Barney was relatively sober.

He took me up in his small plane when I was 10?

And he let me fly the damn thing. hahahahahah

My Grampa was sober all the time. Just a great man.

Compare our childhood to those who currently live in Syria or Iraq or a number of other countries.

I aint mad any more.

But to see my grandchildren living in a different time.

I can get satisfaction.

How my son worked or works it out, is amazing to me.

He is dedicated, much more than I ever was.

It sounds so trite and certainly his life is not perfect but...

My son, who went through a lot, loves his wife and his little angels. He really does.

And he aint goin to drive his family around drunk.

And neither did I.

Progress is a step at a time.

But I can see it, see?

He is nuts about his family.

My Dad used to drive us

Oxy Mora — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 16:48:37 +0000

In reply to Holy Christ!

My Dad used to drive us across the Ohio ocean every Memorial day weekend to visit relatives in Kentucky. He and his cousin, Barney House, sat in the front seat with a bottle of Early Times, the rest of us crammed into the back seat. On one return trip we had three accidents, Barney's bald head cracking the windshield when we rear ended a Buick. Did I mention the cigarette smoke?

Yeah, this kind of family

Richard Day — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 05:35:03 +0000

In reply to I learn to drive at 13

Yeah, this kind of family 'situation' changes us forever and ever.

Amazing!

I learn to drive at 13

trkingmomoe — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 04:24:17 +0000

In reply to Holy Christ!

I learn to drive at 13 because of my dead drunk Father. They would load him into the car and I would take him home. I think I have been a grown up all my life.

Holy Christ!

Richard Day — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 03:27:52 +0000

In reply to Great post, Mr. Day. I'm just

Holy Christ!

There were hidden dangers and that is for sure.

Later on I discovered that this gym teacher in the eighth grade who hated me was eventually discharged for sexual issues with his students.

And of course my Dad would drive dead drunk with his entire family in the car!

There are hidden dangers everywhere.

But parents, well we must depend upon parents or we are screwed!

Great post, Mr. Day. I'm just

Oxy Mora — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 02:53:05 +0000

In reply to FREE RANGING CHILDREN

Great post, Mr. Day. I'm just relieved that I don't have to be making these kinds of decisions.

People are wrong to believe bad stuff was not around when we grew up. My sister had several bad encounters, including a psychopath who slit the back of hew coat with a razor while we sat watching a movie.

It is hard to argue with your

Richard Day — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 01:48:24 +0000

In reply to Do you ever was your

It is hard to argue with your logic when 14 people were shot in Chicago in one day, I think it was yesterday or the day before.

Eden is gone, whether that place was myth or not.

There is no Eden now.

Fear and shame are important human emotions that keep parents on the alert.

I aint arguing with you at all.

But Q still has a point.

Like I noted to Ramona (or she noted to me) we live in a different age when I realize I had no watch to tell me the time and now our children have computer thingys that allow us to communicate to them at all times.

I aint arguing with you at all, really.

Q has a point.

How do we balance our fears with our need to let our children develop individually.

Actually you know, it is the debate of the century for us all.

That is:

When do we let go and when do we let our children go?

IT IS A DANGEROUS WORLD OUT THERE.

On the other hand, we live in a type of Eden in the good ole US of A ( in many areas anyway) where a little latitude might be appropriate?

Like I said somewhere here, I am glad I am not in charge of that decision.

Good points.

There is so much truth in

Richard Day — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 01:33:18 +0000

In reply to The narrative parents repeat

There is so much truth in what you say here Moat.

We have to depend upon parents; and it might sound like some repub, but without parental intervention, children are smoke?

Proverbs become great poems.

But kids need more than poems.

Kids need direction.

Okay, now I sound like Nixon.

hahahahaha

Parents have to care and you really cannot legislate this conduct.

In fact, if I may be so bold, there are no nuggets of wisdom.

Instead there are hands on instruction, without the belt.

I feel that kids know when their parents care.

Oh god, I am a repub.

hahahahahah

I had to laugh at Barry's

Ramona — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 01:19:00 +0000

In reply to Thank you Ramona.

I had to laugh at Barry's comment about drowning. When we were kids we summered at my aunt and uncle's camp on Lake Superior. You know that Lake Superior can be as scary as the ocean--it can be as calm as bath water but then it can get moody and black and every 12th wave is a big one--or so we were told. One day, out of the blue, my aunt told us, "Now you kids stay out of that water until you've learned to swim!" We never let her forget it. Lol.

Edited to add: We were already swimming. In that water. And had been all summer.