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No no no. You can't hold parents accountable. That's not how the US works anymore.
Clearly not... But for those of us who just naturally are accountable to/for our children, this gak pisses me right off. It's parenting 101 to ensure that your children eat a proper diet, to include proper portion sizes...ohh, and to make sure they get off their lazy bums, go outside and play with sticks or something (ohh wait, its the modern parent we're talking about so we cant let them play with sticks, because theyll put an eye out, better to give them nerf guns and those pool 'spaghetti noodles')
No no no. You can't hold parents accountable. That's not how the US works anymore.
Clearly not... But for those of us who just naturally are accountable to/for our children, this gak pisses me right off. It's parenting 101 to ensure that your children eat a proper diet, to include proper portion sizes...ohh, and to make sure they get off their lazy bums, go outside and play with sticks or something (ohh wait, its the modern parent we're talking about so we cant let them play with sticks, because theyll put an eye out, better to give them nerf guns and those pool 'spaghetti noodles')
I just don't get those kind of comments. I grew up in the 90s so I figure my parents were part of that 'super careful' set (if you ever met my mum you'd agree), but we still got to play swords just fine. Best use for wickets (swords), cricket pads (buckler/arm shields) and my baby bath tub (gigantic shield). Man I miss swords. Same with the kids we were playing with, while their parents would also be classed as pretty protective and what not, they still allowed them to play with the rest of us. I just don't see, at least in my experience/area, anyone actually forcing their kids into bubblewrap and into using pool noodles instead of sticks, for example.
I wish I had time for all the game systems I own, let alone want to own...
There's a big diff in the States for some reason, motyak. It's actually pretty frustrating. And amazing how much different things are from 20ish years ago.
No no no. You can't hold parents accountable. That's not how the US works anymore.
Clearly not... But for those of us who just naturally are accountable to/for our children, this gak pisses me right off. It's parenting 101 to ensure that your children eat a proper diet, to include proper portion sizes...ohh, and to make sure they get off their lazy bums, go outside and play with sticks or something (ohh wait, its the modern parent we're talking about so we cant let them play with sticks, because theyll put an eye out, better to give them nerf guns and those pool 'spaghetti noodles')
I just don't get those kind of comments. I grew up in the 90s so I figure my parents were part of that 'super careful' set (if you ever met my mum you'd agree), but we still got to play swords just fine. Best use for wickets (swords), cricket pads (buckler/arm shields) and my baby bath tub (gigantic shield). Man I miss swords. Same with the kids we were playing with, while their parents would also be classed as pretty protective and what not, they still allowed them to play with the rest of us. I just don't see, at least in my experience/area, anyone actually forcing their kids into bubblewrap and into using pool noodles instead of sticks, for example.
Yeah, that's been my experience as well I did some dangerous gak as a 90's kid.
No no no. You can't hold parents accountable. That's not how the US works anymore.
Clearly not... But for those of us who just naturally are accountable to/for our children, this gak pisses me right off. It's parenting 101 to ensure that your children eat a proper diet, to include proper portion sizes...ohh, and to make sure they get off their lazy bums, go outside and play with sticks or something (ohh wait, its the modern parent we're talking about so we cant let them play with sticks, because theyll put an eye out, better to give them nerf guns and those pool 'spaghetti noodles')
I just don't get those kind of comments. I grew up in the 90s so I figure my parents were part of that 'super careful' set (if you ever met my mum you'd agree), but we still got to play swords just fine. Best use for wickets (swords), cricket pads (buckler/arm shields) and my baby bath tub (gigantic shield). Man I miss swords. Same with the kids we were playing with, while their parents would also be classed as pretty protective and what not, they still allowed them to play with the rest of us. I just don't see, at least in my experience/area, anyone actually forcing their kids into bubblewrap and into using pool noodles instead of sticks, for example.
Yeah, that's been my experience as well I did some dangerous gak as a 90's kid.
One of my buddies got his nipple torn off in an accident resulting from trying to jump a ramp in a radio flyer wagon tied behind a bicycle. He slid about three feet on the pavement and when he got up the front of his shirt was gone and so was the nip!
I had the great idea as a child to scooter down a great big hill near my house (on the road). As I reached maximum speed I decided I wanted to break, tried it, burnt my foot because the wheel was going too fast. I was heading towards the wall at the end of the street. "Feth it" I think (although at that age I don't think I knew that word), "I am not running into that wall". I promptly jump off, crashing and burning down the last of the hill and all along the bitumen. I get up, and I've scraped my knee and elbow.
I was unkillable as a child.
I wish I had time for all the game systems I own, let alone want to own...
No no no. You can't hold parents accountable. That's not how the US works anymore.
Clearly not... But for those of us who just naturally are accountable to/for our children, this gak pisses me right off. It's parenting 101 to ensure that your children eat a proper diet, to include proper portion sizes...ohh, and to make sure they get off their lazy bums, go outside and play with sticks or something (ohh wait, its the modern parent we're talking about so we cant let them play with sticks, because theyll put an eye out, better to give them nerf guns and those pool 'spaghetti noodles')
I just don't get those kind of comments. I grew up in the 90s so I figure my parents were part of that 'super careful' set (if you ever met my mum you'd agree), but we still got to play swords just fine. Best use for wickets (swords), cricket pads (buckler/arm shields) and my baby bath tub (gigantic shield). Man I miss swords. Same with the kids we were playing with, while their parents would also be classed as pretty protective and what not, they still allowed them to play with the rest of us. I just don't see, at least in my experience/area, anyone actually forcing their kids into bubblewrap and into using pool noodles instead of sticks, for example.
Yeah, when I was a kid my dad made my brother and me wooden swords - not crap toy ones, but stuff like -
and shields with heraldic devices and everything. We beat the piss out of each other. Hell, one year all we wanted for christmas was blowguns, and we got em. I'm shocked that I survived my childhood.
and shields with heraldic devices and everything. We beat the piss out of each other. Hell, one year all we wanted for christmas was blowguns, and we got em. I'm shocked that I survived my childhood.
Bromsy, were your parents the inspiration for the characters at the end of Step Brothers??
But yeah, to the other posters:
I was born in the mid-80s, so I am just old enough to vaguely remember the Atlanta Olympic games. Back then, as it was early enough in the 90s, we'd play a neighborhood game of football, on the street. the usual timeout for cars, etc. the crazy play calling all that. We'd play with sticks to have our sword fights, and if you found a particularly good stick, you'd hide it somewhere in your yard, for future use. At one house, there was a huge wild blackberry biarpatch that we'd stomp our way carefully through, and built forts and hiding places within. As my little brother came up, almost all of that sort of thing became taboo and forbidden (not by my parents), most parents were too worried about getting sued or something, if their precious little runny nosed git got a paper cut. It's fething ridiculous.
Consequently, my wife has told me that the amount of kids that reported having multiple allergies has shot up in the 8 years she's been teaching. I'm trying to think about it, but I literally don't think I knew anyone with a food allergy when I was growing up. Now the primary question isn't "if" the kids have food allergies, but "what" are they.
My college roommate and brother are both allergic to peanuts. Roommate was born in the early 80s; my brother is a 90s kid.
They both broke out in rashes when they ate peanuts. Roommate would actually have difficulty breathing, but my brother doesn't have it that severe. They had no noticeable ill effects from eating things with trace amounts of peanut oil or what have you in it.
I do not know what to make of this brave new world that will have to cater to these people who think they can't safely exist in the same room as certain foods.
daedalus wrote: My college roommate and brother are both allergic to peanuts. Roommate was born in the early 80s; my brother is a 90s kid.
They both broke out in rashes when they ate peanuts. Roommate would actually have difficulty breathing, but my brother doesn't have it that severe. They had no noticeable ill effects from eating things with trace amounts of peanut oil or what have you in it.
I do not know what to make of this brave new world that will have to cater to these people who think they can't safely exist in the same room as certain foods.
That's not entirely what I meant. I wholly acknowledge that these allergies do exist; I think, much like ADD, that they seem to be much more prevalent with kids now than kids born in the 80s and before.
I mean, in school in the late 80s, early 90s, wasn't there always like, that one kid that had the allergies, and he was usually a little bit sickly, had the helicopter mother, etc... Now, it seems like 1/3 kids have some sort of "serious" food allergy and helicopter mothers are everywhere....
Cincy, I honestly think that the number of allergies hasn't actually increased, but awareness of them has. When I was younger, I ate just about everything, and if I didn't feel well, well who knew why? Now I know I am lactose intolerant, but that didn't stop me from eating a prodigious amount of ice cream. I also used to blow my nose all the time, but never stopped to think I might be allergic to the carpet in my school (but only in certain buildings).
My wife's entire family has allergies of one form or another. However, most of them only became a big problem once they reached their 30's and stopped being so resilient.
Consequently, my wife has told me that the amount of kids that reported having multiple allergies has shot up in the 8 years she's been teaching. I'm trying to think about it, but I literally don't think I knew anyone with a food allergy when I was growing up. Now the primary question isn't "if" the kids have food allergies, but "what" are they.
This is what happens when Cheetahs aren't around.
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
Consequently, my wife has told me that the amount of kids that reported having multiple allergies has shot up in the 8 years she's been teaching. I'm trying to think about it, but I literally don't think I knew anyone with a food allergy when I was growing up. Now the primary question isn't "if" the kids have food allergies, but "what" are they.
