Overbearing parents have taken the fun out of childhood and turned it into a grind

[puddlemonkey]

Re: Overbearing parents have taken the fun out of childhood and turned it into a grin

Now, I can't really imagine letting D-man go outside, unsupervised at 6 like we did.

I don't see you letting Dillon out of the house until he's in his mid 30's.

 

[AztecWarrior]

When my parents divorced I got to do whatever I wanted. Drove my father nuts.

And your driving us nuts.

 

[puddlemonkey]

Re: Overbearing parents have taken the fun out of childhood and turned it into a grin

And your driving us nuts.

I'll sleep better at night knowing that.

 

[AztecWarrior]

Re: Overbearing parents have taken the fun out of childhood and turned it into a grin

I'll sleep better at night knowing that.

Your sick!! lol.

 

[Smurfy]

lol SIlver, i recall when my guy was little I struggled with letting him go out of my sight in the neighborhood. I remember the first time I let him go 3 houses down, in fact i believe I posted about here in this forum. He was probably about 5 yrs old at the time.

Anyway, i think it also depends on what type of neighborhood you live in. I am lucky in that we live in a secluded little subdivision of townhomes. There are no through streets here and there are speed bumps. The neigborhood is small and there are LOTS of kids. The kids pretty much go outside and are free to roam unsupervised. I like it because I dont worry about traffic etc. And when its time to come in, I can easily find my child- in the middle of the neighborhood is a field where they tend to congregate for soccer, etc.

anyways , i found the thread - he was actually 6 1/2 (not 5 yrs old)
http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/c...-me-6-1-2-year-old-go-down-street-378460.html

 

[jnevin]

I can see. Shouldn't not be about who's not but who is. I know good people from wealthy family's that did there best, but there kids are some of the worst I know. Look, I can't make you see things the way I do, but I'm sure there is a better way to be in life then controling, being bitter about things in life we can't change, and looking down upon other's. How about doing things for people that wanna better themselves? Right off the bat you make the notion that I'm talking about the deadbeat dad, who refuses to be productive. You seem to have a distorted outlook on people as awhole in general. No one's perfect.

I ran a spelling and grammar check on this post and it caused a 5 county power outage.