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Modern "safety rules" that have taken the fun out of childhood
Posted on 11/03/2020 3:14:07 PM PST by WhattheDickens?
Safety mandates taking the fun out of childhood
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Health/Medicine; Hobbies; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: children; killjoys; playing; safety
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Writing an article about childhood and looking for a list of safety mandates limiting children's risk, and therefore, fun.
Also trying to keep busy on election evening.
To: WhattheDickens?
Watch out, you’ll put an eye out with that . . . .
To: WhattheDickens?
Lawn Darts was a lot of fun!
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posted on
11/03/2020 3:15:15 PM PST
by
Gamecock
("O God, break the teeth in their mouths." - Psalm 58:6)
To: WhattheDickens?
Clackers. Most fun ever, made illegal because why not?
To: Gamecock
“Lawn Darts was a lot of fun!”
They still are!
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posted on
11/03/2020 3:18:13 PM PST
by
Bonemaker
(invictus maneo)
To: WhattheDickens?
Wearing face diapers and isolation from their peers.
Telling them they will die if they have any contact with people.
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posted on
11/03/2020 3:18:24 PM PST
by
Deaf Smith
(When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure)
To: WhattheDickens?
I used to climb trees as a kid. Most parents would freak out if they found their kids climbing trees.
To: WhattheDickens?
I fondly recall the Navy Patriot “Cat In Space” program of 1957 ...
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posted on
11/03/2020 3:19:28 PM PST
by
Navy Patriot
(Celebrate Decivilization)
To: Bonemaker
They still are!
The plastic wings become brittle over time. How do you restore them?
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posted on
11/03/2020 3:19:46 PM PST
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics)
To: WhattheDickens?
Dodge ball
Roaming around all-day (dared not be home before dinner)
Bike helmets
Helicopter parents
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posted on
11/03/2020 3:20:49 PM PST
by
Fzob
To: Gamecock
We had a set of Jarts with the metal points on...I could see how they could pierce someone’s skull but they were fun!
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posted on
11/03/2020 3:21:05 PM PST
by
hercuroc
To: WhattheDickens?
Not a modern safety rule, but computers take a lot of fun out of childhood. Having unlimited information at your finger tips is great, but there’s nothing like running, jumping, climbing, and throwing with other kids. Building snow forts, and having snowball fights. Playing tag, pickle, etc.
To: WhattheDickens?
I used to love hanging out in the back of a full-sized station wagon as a little kid. No seatbelts, either.
I also liked my car seat, which was in the front next to my mother, and hooked on the bench seat. Integrated steering wheel with horn.
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posted on
11/03/2020 3:21:51 PM PST
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics)
To: WhattheDickens?
Not a childhood thing, but I miss riding the crane’s “headache” ball....
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posted on
11/03/2020 3:22:34 PM PST
by
lgjhn23
(Libs are a virus.....the DemoVirus!!)
To: WhattheDickens?
What a crock. I played a lot of lawn darts when I was a kid, and only knew of one other kid who lost an eye. (I don’t count the other incident with the dart in the rib cage - that kid was a spaz who had to use safety scissors until high school.)
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posted on
11/03/2020 3:24:12 PM PST
by
Viking2002
(When aliens fly past Earth, they probably lock their doors.)
To: WhattheDickens?
Where do you even begin?
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posted on
11/03/2020 3:24:28 PM PST
by
Bonemaker
(invictus maneo)
To: Dr. Sivana
We used to fight over who got to lay in the back window of the car while going places.
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posted on
11/03/2020 3:24:29 PM PST
by
HP8753
(Live Free!!!! .............or don't.)
To: Gamecock
I still remember when my little cousin closed her eyes and started spinning around and launched the lawn dart right into the hood of Dads new Oldsmobile.
Dad had to take a walk.
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posted on
11/03/2020 3:25:02 PM PST
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
To: hercuroc
Y’all learn to duck and RUN !!
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posted on
11/03/2020 3:26:15 PM PST
by
drSteve78
(Je suis deplorable. WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE)
To: Fzob
Dodge ball.....We called it ‘Murder ball’. Great fun.
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posted on
11/03/2020 3:26:16 PM PST
by
Safetgiver
(Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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