tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30752286.post116118871472246613..comments2023-05-29T07:57:01.804-06:00Comments on The Front Porch: Rebecca Valentinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14152618745135315858noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30752286.post-1163176434751645872006-11-10T09:33:00.000-07:002006-11-10T09:33:00.000-07:00I wish these folks would follow the guide lines of...I wish these folks would follow the guide lines of the American Academy of Pediatrics who last month Stated that kids need to PLAY! Not stuctured sit down play but real play like Tag, Dodgeball the kind that expends the energy wee need to burn calories and grow our bodies strong. The fun things we all remember doing as kids on the playground should not be lawfully removed from childhood by anyone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30752286.post-1161292100284899872006-10-19T15:08:00.000-06:002006-10-19T15:08:00.000-06:00Nothing new to add. No child is born with the idea...Nothing new to add. No child is born with the idea of creating mayhem as soon as possible. Society has steadily instilled a lack of values, and the knowledge that only someone who lacks a lawyer or is ignorant has to pay for mistakes.<BR/>We are losing the genuine fun of just being a child with restrictions that are of no consequence. Adults are steadily taking the fun out of just about everything innocent. <BR/>We have met the enemy and they are adults who are misinformed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30752286.post-1161199065237330662006-10-18T13:17:00.000-06:002006-10-18T13:17:00.000-06:00You know...this entry is just wonderfully written,...You know...this entry is just wonderfully written, like all your others, however this really hits a nerve. <BR/><BR/>I too recall the fun I had as a kid just playing games in the school yard, the back yard, the swimming pool and the local playground. <BR/><BR/>How I've made it to 44 years old, I'll never know. <BR/><BR/>I played on metal swing sets, didn't use a helmet when I rode my bike and climbed trees! We didn't have mulch or crushed tires under our playground equipment and when there was a problem between two kids in a neighborhood, our parents 'talked to each other.' <BR/><BR/>Through these exchanges, we learned to iron things out or we lost out. Parents in those days knew their kids weren't perfect angels.<BR/><BR/>Today all we want to do is place blame somewhere else and in an effort to restrict that and the litigation that comes with it, our elected officials have restricted the joys of childhood.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com