Another aspect of childhood (at least for us in the north) being eliminated

Posted by Robbie53024 10 years, 3 months ago to News
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Between the ambulance chasing lawyers and those who insist that any set back must be caused by someone else, we are losing all those things that helped kids to grow up with healthy ego's. A reasonable level of risk is needed for kids to develop a sense of rational achievement.

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  • Posted by Robbie53024 10 years, 3 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Ah, but lawyers have made all calamity compensable, regardless of whether it was an assumed risk or not.
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  • Posted by Zenphamy 10 years, 3 months ago
    Life is lived 'at your own risk'.

    To have life with no risk is to not live.
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  • Posted by Robbie53024 10 years, 3 months ago
    When I lived in Michigan, there was a neighbor who insisted that all the households in the area with children sign a waiver because they had a trampoline. Guy was a lawyer (if you couldn't guess). I refused. Since we had our own trampoline, my kids never had any reason to go to their house to jump.
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  • Posted by $ Mimi 10 years, 3 months ago
    We use to be able to sled down the Capitol steps.
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  • Posted by $ rockymountainpirate 10 years, 3 months ago
    Idiocy again. Where I grew up snow was very rare. We used cardboard and slid down the weeds. We had a blast, no one was sued and life was good.
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