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I was just thinking about this this morning. How funny, it's the first thing I see when I sat down at the computer.
Our precious granddaughter spent the night and everything we do has to be planned out because we can't just let her run and play like we did when we were children. It can be stressful trying to come up with ideas.
I remember saying "see ya later" to my Mom and out the door I went. I came home when I was hungry or it was getting dark.

I remember saying "see ya later" to my Mom and out the door I went. I came home when I was hungry or it was getting dark.

Yes, my memories too are of my playful exploration, rather than living in the house with my family. Ate at home, then, run as fast as I could out the backdoor to find my playmates. When I think about the trouble I could have encountered.... But it was a different time then. Seems like there weren't so many predators.

There was a large old house around the corner from me, needing paint badly, wherein resided an old lady, wrinkled with age. She scared me, her house scared me. I'd never seen anything like it. I remember one day (can't recall how I got there) sitting in her living room, rocking in her chair, as she tried to serve me tea. I was curious, she was lonely. We formed a friendship of sorts.

I recall decorating my bike (when I was about 8), and riding it uptown to the "square" where I rode in a 4th of July parade. No one organized it, I just wanted to do it, and could. Didn't need a permit.

Lovely memories....

It is OUR(everycottonpickinoneofus) fault that the world is not safe for kids to play openly. We sat by while the law took over our job of policing the society.

Child molesters are abundant, because they are allowed to go to jail, instead of being beaten to a pulp by attentive fathers.

Drug dealers cause mayhem, users lay around and waste O2, because we are afraid and prohibited from running them out of town on a rail, and we don't demand that govt get tough.

Decriminalize usage of MJ separate it from the others, death penalty (ok life) for dealers/manufacturers of Coke, Heroin, crank etc, mandatory treatment for users of same, with a two strike you are out policy for these people. First offense, treatment/jail time, and testing upon release... get caught twice, we will make sure you are clean for 10 years(mandatory sentencing)

One strike and you're out for molestors/pedophiles.....life in prison or the death penalty

We must remove those that are here illegaly. In case you haven't noticed, a high percentage of those in our prisons, are illegal aliens.(and I thought they all came here to work).

.... and last but not least, parents turn off the TV.