Yep - that's pretty much how our neighborhood functioned, too. Even if my parents were gone for the weekend, I knew damn well that I couldn't get away with anything, because all the neighbors would be watching.
In our neighborhood of toddlers, the big thing is using the neighbor's potty. It's great fun, don't ya know. ;) On 7/28/05, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Holy cow. I WISH I had less of an extended "family" growing up. > > Any of the neighbors had spanking privaliges for all the other kids. > As did any of my parents friends. > We never, ever locked out doors. > You could go into anyone's house and get a drink or a snack if you > were playing in that area and needed it. > > We had to travel to OTHER neighborhoods to get into any trouble we > wanted to get away with (and even that strategy failed at times). > > Just a typical Connecticut neighborhood. > > On 7/28/05, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > children being raised by a community of adults. I believe that the > > kibbutz is an example of this. I am not aware of any particular > > demonization of the form in the US, but I haven't gone much beyond a > > room-mate or two. > > > > Dana > > > > On 7/28/05, S. Isaac Dealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > yeah but Isaac, children are stuck with the > > > > parents they are born to. Sometimes better > > > > is all there is. > > > > > > > But maybe I missed something. What are > > > > you advocating exactly? Something like > > > > the kibbutz model? > > > > > > By kibbutz do you mean this? > > > > > > http://www.kibbutzprogramcenter.org/ > > > > > > No... well... not directly anyway... (I have no personal interest in > > > Israel)... > > > > > > I'm advocating extended-family and intentional-community living as a > > > desirable social norm, instead of an often demonized fringe. If these > > > things were not demonized, they would be more common. I'm not saying > > > it's a necessity that all people live this way, merely that I think we > > > would be much better off as a society/culture and have far fewer > > > people in my situation (or similar disaffected, insular situations) if > > > communal living were not demonized and reasonably commonplace if not a > > > dominant social preference. > > > > > > > > > s. isaac dealey 954.522.6080 > > > new epoch : isn't it time for a change? > > > > > > add features without fixtures with > > > the onTap open source framework > > > > > > http://www.fusiontap.com > > > http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:167197 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
