tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712020692687276596.post5072986220949934273..comments2023-11-14T13:03:49.351-08:00Comments on Miriam Levine: Children, Freedom, MannersMimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13039776441665375475noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712020692687276596.post-5455769714623972262010-02-26T17:58:35.576-08:002010-02-26T17:58:35.576-08:00I'm so glad we can at least wander in our drea...I'm so glad we can at least wander in our dreams.<br /><br />Goodnight, all.Mimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13039776441665375475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712020692687276596.post-15673241724484542822010-02-26T17:20:01.424-08:002010-02-26T17:20:01.424-08:00Over here in Athens, most kids until the age of 15...Over here in Athens, most kids until the age of 15 are indeed taken to the school, to their sport in the afternoon, to extra classes as well, even while visiting friends - well, probably to all what's inside of their life.<br />Mostly due to the rather dangerous traffic, to which I am still not used to after five years, making it also hard to leave your child on his own, walking to the playground near by. <br />Yes, I do miss "home". Thank you for the memories. A wonderful start into the weekend of yours.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712020692687276596.post-48246064671818011492010-02-26T16:18:15.593-08:002010-02-26T16:18:15.593-08:00Where I currently live, in the 'burbs, one not...Where I currently live, in the 'burbs, one not only doesn't see children, one never sees human life in any form, except through car windows. This seems to wrong to me. I finally gave up my attempts at neighborliness. It's a very stifling environment. I miss the city.T. https://www.blogger.com/profile/16509409207991963533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712020692687276596.post-78579071522096488362010-02-26T15:36:36.853-08:002010-02-26T15:36:36.853-08:00i played alone and with neighborhood kids in the w...i played alone and with neighborhood kids in the woods for hours, just had to be home by 5:30...<br />i raised my son on the Bowery in NYC, and he walked home from school to an empty apartment starting at age 10. he was supposed to call me at my job the minute he got home, but half the time he forgot. he was a dreamy boy; i was a nervous wreck most of the time...susan t. landryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12454487318141469849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712020692687276596.post-3727932498568131662010-02-26T09:18:25.653-08:002010-02-26T09:18:25.653-08:00Mim, I suffered most at the hands of my family whi...Mim, I suffered most at the hands of my family which is usually the case. Lewis, I think when you have children, you might view the world differently. <br /><br />Hurray for more live and lively dogs!Radish Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06534752971317927559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712020692687276596.post-22321487813202471342010-02-26T07:42:21.483-08:002010-02-26T07:42:21.483-08:00Lewis you are very trim in red lycra. Pearly feet...Lewis you are very trim in red lycra. Pearly feet!<br /><br />Lewis's blog is: knightleyorelton.blogspot.com<br /><br />I enjoyed his post about pub work-outs.Mimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13039776441665375475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712020692687276596.post-10490003834841372022010-02-26T06:42:00.916-08:002010-02-26T06:42:00.916-08:00PS You can now see the red lycra, should you still...PS You can now see the red lycra, should you still wish!Lewis Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11221806939595415819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712020692687276596.post-27955002629986555052010-02-26T03:50:26.990-08:002010-02-26T03:50:26.990-08:00I'm not so sure the world is so unsafe. But we...I'm not so sure the world is so unsafe. But we perpetuate this sense of fear, and it has had a domino effect.<br />Many parents might actually be happy to send their children to buy some milk or bread from the shop, but they're worried about other parents disapproving.<br />Should I become a parent, I will do my utmost to make sure my children have the freedom to spend all day outdoors should they so wish. But the Wii of the future might keep them indoors anyway...Lewis Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11221806939595415819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712020692687276596.post-72976932923626700142010-02-26T02:29:20.014-08:002010-02-26T02:29:20.014-08:00I too had a lot of freedom as a child in the fifti...I too had a lot of freedom as a child in the fifties/sixties, too much I think. <br /><br />As an aside, I have also noticed that we never see dogs on the street, not dogs without owners and leashes. <br /><br />That too seems a good thing , given the number of dead dogs I saw as a child. <br /><br />As for children, I see an awful lot of adolescents loose but no one under twelve unaccompanied by an adult and that is sad, though preventative, I suppose. <br /><br />Thanks, Mim.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712020692687276596.post-72076678104040447992010-02-25T16:40:37.816-08:002010-02-25T16:40:37.816-08:00Yes, Radish, no matter, terrible things happen. I&...Yes, Radish, no matter, terrible things happen. I'm sorry you suffered at the hands of strangers. <br /><br />At lunch today for our grandson's 5th birthday, I mentioned this blog post. Our daughter-in-law said she would not let our Matthew wander unsupervised. Things are different today. Our son agreed.Mimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13039776441665375475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712020692687276596.post-45118636658600598862010-02-25T13:34:02.926-08:002010-02-25T13:34:02.926-08:00I had a lot of freedom in the 50s and 60s. I was ...I had a lot of freedom in the 50s and 60s. I was taking the bus downtown by myself with my violin for lessons when I was 9. I was on my own by the time I was 13 in I lived in a dangerous world. This was 1966. I was molested as a child and approached by strangers and hurt. The world is no worse now than it was then. We just hear more about it we have that pipeline of information. We have CPS and stranger danger and more awareness. This has to be better. But humans will harm their children. They will no matter.Radish Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06534752971317927559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712020692687276596.post-24506788206346898832010-02-25T11:10:44.403-08:002010-02-25T11:10:44.403-08:00Unfortunately, this is not a uniquely American phe...Unfortunately, this is not a uniquely American phenomenon. I grew up in 60S/70s Scotland in a semi-rural environment and ran free most of the time. Now I live in a large town in France where it's rare to see a child alone in the street. I sometimes feel that I'm raising my children like battery hens and that they are developing all of the corresponding fears and apprehensions of animals that don't know anything of the real world. I'm hoping that they will break free from our overprotectiveness as soon as they're ready.Lesleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13498909370147354617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712020692687276596.post-6432332571662174542010-02-25T07:54:39.039-08:002010-02-25T07:54:39.039-08:00I went everywhere - in the school holidays we were...I went everywhere - in the school holidays we were expected to keep ourselves amused in the parks for hours on end, nobody seemed worried. My children didn't have the same freedom - I saw potential abductors behind every tree, and dangers everywhere, and I was not unusual in this. My sense is that things actually <i>are</i> more dangerous, but I may be wrong.Reading the Signshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06338983880105866139noreply@blogger.com