Re:Why Children Aren't Behaving and What We Can Do About It
by aedocw on Sunday June 03, 2018 @02:48PM
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We are pretty lucky to live in a neighborhood with kinds in the same age range as ours. All the parents know each other and the kids know where they're allowed to go. This includes a few acres of forest. Our kids are allowed to go out and roam, they just have to give us a general idea of where they're going to be playing (or they just bring a cheap walkie-talkie and check in occasionally). It's exactly how I grew up and I'm grateful for it. It makes me sad to see how many kids are growing up without the autonomy they need.
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Re:Why Children Aren't Behaving and What We Can Do About It
by brightball on Sunday June 03, 2018 @04:37PM
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Walkie talkies are under utilized IMO
Re:Why Children Aren't Behaving and What We Can Do About It
by remarkEon on Monday June 04, 2018 @01:27AM
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For my birthday one year (in the spring) I got a set of walkie talkies. The neighborhood kids across the street had got the same set for Christmas that year (our parents probably coordinated it). The next two summers (age 11-12) were probably the most fun I’d have as a kid. Climbing up trees to “spy” on the neighborhood and calling in “intelligence reports” to “home base”. Just being a young boy in a neighborhood with lots of kids. Incredible fun.
Re:Why Children Aren't Behaving and What We Can Do About It
by mythrwy on Monday June 04, 2018 @01:33AM
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I got a set of walkie talkies at about age 10 but one broke.
So one night I was trying to fix it (testing it with the good one) when I heard a foreign voice crackling through.
After getting over the initial surprise I talked to the person and found out it was the neighbor kid playing with his. I didn't even know he had walkie talkies. We were both quite excited. Such a rare and magical event at that age.