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Old October 26th 03, 02:36 AM
Pete
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On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 17:51:21 -0700, The Real Bev
wrote:


It used to be neat to ride out Xmas morning and see all the kids with
their new bicycles. Been a long time since that happened.


Happens quite often at my house. Another couple this year.

Pete
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Old October 26th 03, 03:38 AM
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On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 17:57:42 -0700, The Real Bev wrote:
him pay restitution, pay something additional for punishment, and give
him some extra punishment for being careless and getting caught.

Parents just aren't what they used to be...


Exactly! I mean, there was a time (and I can't believe I'm talking like this)
that if you got in trouble at school or with the police, you dreaded seeing
your parents because they'd double or triple the punishment. Now you
hear stories of parents screaming at teachers for giving their kids
detentions, etc.

Stop the world. I wanna get off.

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Old October 26th 03, 03:48 AM
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From the article:

Scott was riding a bicycle in his neighborhood when he jumped a dirt
mound with five of his friends, Bradenton Police Lt. Sam Campbell
said. He crossed paths with a 2001 Nissan and the car clipped the rear
tire of Scott's 5-pound, 16-inch BMX bicycle.
....
"I'm going to not pay this ticket, and Scott's definitely not going to
pay it," said Danielle McIntosh, the boy's mother.

___

Looks to me as though the little **** narrowly missed his opportunity
to become a candidate for the Darwin award, and his mommy wants him to
have another shot at it.


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Old October 26th 03, 04:08 AM
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Zippy the Pinhead wrote:
: tire of Scott's 5-pound, 16-inch BMX bicycle.

5 pound?

damn.
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Old October 26th 03, 04:19 AM
Trent Piepho
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In article ,
Johann S. wrote:

Anyway, I'm very glad I'm not a kid today, and especially in the US
(it seems). Must be pretty boring. Maybe I would have decided to stuff
all these rules, and just play playstation. It's much more


Is it any wonder that one in three children in the united states are
overweight? They DO decide to just stay inside and play playstation, thanks
to all the rules and the fear mongers. I've read that one thing experts blame
of the skyrocketing obesity epidemic among children is "lack of safe
playgrounds". What makes playgrounds so much more dangerous now than 30 years
ago? It's the fear mongers and safety nazis, people whose job it is to find
things to pass legislation against, that have created the perception on danger
where it didn't exist before.
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Old October 26th 03, 04:28 AM
The Real Bev
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sbirn wrote:

On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 17:57:42 -0700, The Real Bev wrote:
him pay restitution, pay something additional for punishment, and give
him some extra punishment for being careless and getting caught.

Parents just aren't what they used to be...


Exactly! I mean, there was a time (and I can't believe I'm talking like this)
that if you got in trouble at school or with the police, you dreaded seeing
your parents because they'd double or triple the punishment. Now you
hear stories of parents screaming at teachers for giving their kids
detentions, etc.


Actually, I defended my son against the system when he got tired of
putting up with it and beat the **** out of some kid who had been
hitting him for several months, and when his first grade teacher slapped
him without my permission. He was a really smart and really good kid
(still is, actually) and I -- amazingly enough -- always had confidence
in his decisions, even if they weren't the ones I would have made for
him myself.

Stop the world. I wanna get off.


Too late. You'll never get out of it alive.

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Old October 26th 03, 05:20 AM
Mike Kruger
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"Trent Piepho" wrote in message
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I've read that one thing experts blame
of the skyrocketing obesity epidemic among children is "lack of safe
playgrounds". What makes playgrounds so much more dangerous now than 30

years
ago?


Actually, the playground equipment in a typical American park is
considerably safer now than it was 30 years ago.
You seldom see merry-go-rounds or maypoles, and even swings aren't seen so
often. There's not much concrete or asphalt -- there are wood chips or
rubberized surfaces or sand.

In terms of the social environment of the playground, (crime) that clearly
depends on who is there. I don't have any stats handy on playground crime
statistics. In any event, overall statistics are pretty meaningless because
they only stats that matter are the ones for the playgrounds near your
house.

If these are more dangerous, and I doubt that they are, this is at least
partly because of lower usage. Even as painfully shy a kid as myself knew
some of the places where you could find pick-up games. That's much less
common now; there are more organized sports and practices. Organized sports
are fine, but there's also learning that occurs when it's just you and a few
other kids -- and the rule book is whatever you made up.


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Old October 26th 03, 07:20 AM
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"Trent Piepho" wrote in message
...
What makes playgrounds so much more dangerous now than 30 years
ago? It's the fear mongers and safety nazis, people whose job it is to

find
things to pass legislation against, that have created the perception on

danger
where it didn't exist before.


Well, them and the gangs and the drug dealers and the other friendly faces
that have taken over so many urban playgrounds.

Somehow I don't remember quite so many stray bullets flying around down by
the swingset when I was a kid.

RichC


 




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