almost 11 On Dec 27, 2007 9:48 PM, Robert Rentfro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Remind me how old she is. I think a lot of it has to due with a kids age. > > Bob R. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Gary Hurst > Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 5:02 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] how the world has changed > > i often wonder whether it is not in reality more dangerous to take my kid > for a drive to the grocery store than to let her out on the street all > day. > > the reality is that i almost can't help being overprotective. if she > wants > to walk up the street to play with some kids, she either takes me or the > dogs. > > On Dec 27, 2007 6:34 PM, Tom Hargrave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I believe we are insanely over protective and it's caused by the > > information > > age we live in. > > > > Think of it this way - some kid gets brutally murdered 2 states away, > it's > > all over the net, we read about it, send out millions of emails and we > all > > pull our children in closer. The same goes for Amber Alerts. It's a > great > > idea but what happens when one goes out? Again, we pull our children in > > closer to protect them - usually against a criminal who has less than a > 1 > > in > > 1,000,000 chance of actually getting close to our children? > > > > But if this had happened 50 years ago, the murder would have appeared in > > next Sunday's paper, probably way back in section C or D. We would have > > read > > it, expressed some concern for the family & went on. Why? Because it's > not > > a > > "local story" - it happened 2 states away! > > > > Thanks, > > Tom Hargrave > > www.kegkits.com > > 256-656-1924 > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Behalf Of Gary Hurst > > Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 4:58 PM > > To: Banned List; Mercedes Discussion List > > Subject: [MBZ] how the world has changed > > > > my kid informs me that she really wants to go to disney world. i > explain > > that disney world is a place i really hate, so she ought not hold her > > breath. then she suggests that she can go to the park by herself and i > > can > > go find some other way to entertain myself during that time. i dismiss > > the > > idea immediately. > > > > when i think back though to when i was her age, i realize that is > exactly > > what would have happened had my parents taken me to disney. (my > parents, > > however, didn't venture more than about 100 miles from new york city, so > > no > > worries about this actually coming up). by the time i was in the fifth > > grade, i was pretty much on my own. i walked to school in the morning > and > > back home in the afternoon. on days when there was no school, i'd leave > > the > > house to go out on the street in the late morning and come back at > > dinnertime. i walked long distances to go places and would take the bus > > or > > subway on my own if i had the money to. all my friends lived this > > lifestyle > > as well and a complete lack of supervision seemed the norm. in fact, > the > > few children we did know who lived under parental supervision where > > considered highly unusual both by us kids and by our parents. > > > > my dad left hungary after a dispute with the communists and their > radical > > expansion of power. europe, however, isn't really that big a place, so > he > > soon found himself living the life of a beach bum in southern italy. he > > was > > quite a dark skinned man and seemed able to spend all day in sea and > sand > > without any ill effects. i, on the other hand, burn easily and am > > impatient > > with just sitting in the sand all day. he came to new york and was a > > beach > > bum there as well and never lost his love of the beach. > > > > on summer saturdays we would go to jones beach along with 100,000 other > > people. it is a large and well appointed place. i'd hang out with dad > > for > > half an hour or so, then disappear to find other activities. maybe i'd > > swim > > a couple of miles down the beach or maybe i'd go check out the > basketball > > courts. i'd return several hours later after having entertained myself > > adequately . this was pretty normal. > > > > i'm still fond of the beach and take my kid whenever i can. she is > never > > out of my sight. > > > > my question is a simple one: were my parents' generation simply > negligent > > in their outlook or are we simply insanely overprotective? > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.11/1200 - Release Date: > > 12/27/2007 > > 1:34 PM > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
