Posted on 08/26/2014 7:37:21 PM PDT by Eric Pode of Croydon
It is not secret but largely unknown that typically only 10% of the people sampled actually give them any information.
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/is-the-polling-industry-in-stasis-or-in-crisis/
“Yup. I was wandering the woods and fields alone at 6 or 7 years old.”
Same here. I wasn’t much older when allowed to do so with a rifle.
Jeez we used to run the railroad tracks back in the woods all the time, hop trains and stuff.
Nuthin ever happened, cuz you had yer wits.
We used to play “jarts” too LOL
All of the above, IMO have alot to do with a child's environment.
Okay, so how does this work. Your eight-year-old asks if he can ride his bike down to his friends house. You say, wait, I have to come with you.
I remember walking to the store on Saturday morning, leaving home without so much as a penny in our pocket. Along the way we would find pop bottles, turn them in and get enough for an ice cream.
Anyone remember when Thrifty ice cream was 5 cents a scoop?
at the rate we’re going, each will have their own drone assigned to them.
Different days. My buddy and I threw a paper route in the morning before school. Papers were delivered flat to his house early and we folded them for throwing. He took one long street and I took the parallel one. We raced to the other end then went to school. 8 or 9 years old.
We sold “Grit” in the evenings and went to Cub Scouts on Tuesdays after school.
On Saturday we ranged to the south side of town and stopped off at the Cattleman’s Cafe at the stock yards for a burger. Bellied right up to the bar on the high, round, red covered swivel stools then it was across the highway and off to the airport to hang out a bit with a kindly airplane mechanic. We ranged out 5 or 6 miles from home.
We rode downtown for haircuts and sometimes the slot car track but our Mom’s thought the element there were too old for us to be around so we got the message of discouragement.
We went to the movies on Saturday afternoons sometimes.
We had a great life.
What a shame my grandchildren won’t experience it except by my stories.
What a shame we have lost our way. I grieve for our dead nation.
Why, there outta be a law...
“Hiddy Ho! We’re from the government and we’re here to help”
I experienced none of the "helicopter parenting" nonsense growing up. I walked half a mile to school, and half a mile back, starting at age 5. After school I ran all over the neighborhood with my little gang. When I was nine I routinely walked the three miles into what passed for downtown, visited my hangouts, then walked back.
Parental supervision usually consisted of "Be home in time for dinner!" and "Soak those pants in cold water so that blood stain won't set!"
It seemed like the right way to do things. Still does.
So if a kid decides to play at the park when he is left home alone while his parents are at work, the parents will get in trouble?
No kidding. What cross section of folks were polled in this nutso poll?
I was 2 months shy of my 5th birthday when I walked to kindergarten which was 6 blocks away with the usual warnings and admonitions.
When I was 9-10 years old, I was routinely sent to the “package” store which was 6 blocks away with a note and money for my Mom’s cigarettes—unfortunately, a habit she couldn’t kick for about 60 years until near the end of her life.
I was running wild when I was 5.
Had a blast, had a loving family and a posse.
“Soak those pants in cold water so that blood stain won’t set!”
Sounds like my mom. I was always banging myself up doing something stupid. I remember her stopping me at the back door with an old towel and making me stop leaving a blood trail before I was allowed in.
Americans desperately need to have more than one or two children! Have three or four + and see how much you want them outside playing unsupervised!
This poll is puke!
There are certainly places where young children should be watched, mostly in the cities where the crud lives too.
In the outer suburbs and rural areas, kids are best left to learn on their own.
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