>>When I was a kindergarten - 1st grade aged kid I was always out exploring. I was of three quarters of a mile in the swamp collecting tadpoles and things like that.
Same here. At an early age, we were taught, “The world wants to kill you boy. Be careful out there.” and then we were turned loose. Sometimes we came back injured and much wiser. Usually we just came back wiser.
Now they are taught, “The owes you. No one can hurt you or we’ll sue.” and they are locked up like prisoners “for their own safety”. They remain infants all through life and complain the world isn’t giving them what they are owed.
I was taught to swim and turned loose. In Michigan, any kid allowed to run loose is going to end up in the water at some point.
I’m thinking its probably a good thing we don’t have alligators in these parts.
Skinned knees and elbows, bruises, the occassional black eye, cuts that now and again required stiches, and broken bones were all part of girls and boys growing up.
We learned early to wash our wounds and get the mercurochrome and band-aids out and patch ourselves up. Always had to report for inspection to mom on returning home. getting hurt wasn't the big deal, tearing your pants was.
If today's k-6 teachers saw the booboos, SWAT teams wiuld be called out.