Father arrested for allowing 8-year-old son to wander around local neighborhood

Posted by Maphesdus 10 years, 10 months ago to News
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Hmmm, mixed feelings on this one. What do you guys think?

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  • Posted by DaveM49 10 years, 10 months ago
    Well....when I was eight years old my mother was fond of saying: "it's too nice outside to stay in the house all day" (presumably because she did not want us underfoot, which I can understand of any mother). So we went outside and "wandered" wherever we wanted--she didn't sit outside and watch us. When we weren't riding our bikes somewhere, building forts, or...doing some "urban exploration" on houses that were under construction (which was where we got the wood and the nails for the forts).
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  • Posted by Zenphamy 10 years, 10 months ago
    Getting government out of our families and the raising of our children may well be one of the most important issues facing freedom in our lives.
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  • Posted by Hiraghm 10 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    That was back in the bad old days when we persecuted weirdos and perverts instead of making them mainstream culture. Parents had more reason to worry about a stray dog biting their kid than some idiot snatching them or running them over.

    I, too, used to be able to wander around my home town playing with other kids or by myself.

    But, again, people likely to harm me were oppressed... I mean suppressed, unlike today where they're celebrated.
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  • Posted by $ jbrenner 10 years, 10 months ago
    My mom and dad said, "See you at dark for dinner". Now I never see kids playing basketball, baseball, or football in pickup games like when I was young in the 1970s and 1980s.
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