Posted on 12/26/2014 3:52:55 PM PST by Altariel
It actually is a different world tho it probably wasn’t as safe as we assumed it was way back then.
I was a free range kid from about the age of 4 but probably only because I had two older brothers who I was always with.
I actually fell in the spring when I was four but my oldest brother jumped in and pulled me out. I was trying to reach a drinking glass which we left on a cut off branch.
I would not even think of allowing my Grandkids to roam around like that.
If you must sign (like this) also write “without prejudice.”
Maybe, but in my experience, once those good little brownshirts at CPS get your kids, it’s near impossible to get them back and the cost can be high.
Not only in terms of lawyer fees and court costs, but in time, frustration, and the neglect the children will face when placed in foster care.
Live to fight another day, but do anything and everything to keep them kids OUT of the CPS’s hands.
I do think that much went on “outside of the law” and then also, “outside of our Constitution” back in those days ... and as you say a “vigilante-type justice”. However, when one acts more in line with the U.S. Constitution, and less on vigilante justice, then you are going to have an “attitude” from some, in committing their crimes and demanding their Constitutional rights in the process. Unless we want to scrap much of the U.S. Constitution and go more to vigilante justice, this is how it’s going to be.
Yep, it’s very much a “dammed if you do, dammed if you don’t” process. Laws work best for those who want to follow them.
... take parental responsibility and watch your children.
You are a freak!!!!
No ... I am someone who doesn’t get their kid kidnapped ... :-) ...
“America is a prison.”
You mean.....I can check out any time I like but I can never leave? ;-)
Or.....can I break out?
Can you break out?
Only in East Tulsa...like past Garnett
LOL
I know you don’t live there but, recently found out an old girlfriend does.
There are school districts that will not let children off buses unless there are authorized guardians to pick them up. Usually for the younger grades and in various kinds of areas, urban or suburban.
There was an article earlier this year about a bus driver who refused to let the kids off the bus on the first or second day of school because there wasn’t one parent for every child. He then tried to run over the parents as they blocked the bus when he tried to drive away. The parents stormed the bus to get their kids and there was big brouhaha, with most people siding with the bus driver and calling the parents “animals.” I sided with the parents, as kids belong to them, not the government.
But our superiors have ruled children must be supervised at all times by the approved authorities or else they will be taken away. Obey or else.
No ... not there, but I do live about a mile from the “shoot ‘em up area” of Tulsa ... 61st and S. Peoria!
I'm fond of taking true responsibility and giving children increasing levels of autonomy as they demonstrate a level of responsibility that justifies that autonomy. Responsibility isn't following lockstep with the most panicked parent in the neighborhood; responsibility is making the right decisions for your own children.
“The higher ups at child services agreed that this was insane, and the case was closeduntil this week.”
Bingo. A CPS worker pi$$ed off is a creation that could only by suffered by Satan himself. You might as well sell the house and move because it will be like fighting the walking dead!!!!!!
yep.
I remember where you live.
I lived on Rockford and 50th for a year.
For what purpose?
Indeed, the 70’s were the end of paradise. In grade school we would leave early in the morning and be gone all day exploring miles of shore along the Mississippi. Parents had no clue where we were. So long as we were home by supper time and not bleeding all was well.
My wife never did either, and that was in the 80’s. They were very sheltered and although outgoing and happy, they are full of phobias.
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