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- BarbaraKolbe, on 10/23/2007, -3/+291My son was labeled a sort of "wild child" in the neighborhood 'cuz he could climb a tree, ride a two-wheel bike and jump on a trampoline when he was five.
- BeckyBD, on 10/22/2007, -6/+214Love this story...as a teacher, i can tell you that kids are becoming huge wussies.
- HunterTV, on 10/22/2007, -7/+134Pretty soon you'll walk into a bath stall and see three seashells.
- Sornos, on 10/23/2007, -3/+129Good Lord! Put a leash that child, he is out of control!
- smurf22, on 10/22/2007, -2/+119My little sister got in trouble for playing patty cake, she is in middle school. Evidently she violated the "no touch policy" when they called the house my dad just laughed.
- AriaStar, on 10/22/2007, -6/+102When I was younger, our idea of a fun Saturday was to watch people fight. Not many girls were in the neighborhood, and the boys wouldn't hit us, so we'd watch. We learned who not to pick on by seeing an occasional bruise, and learned that you get knocked down sometimes, but gotta get right back up.
We scraped our knees falling off bikes, hit our thumbs with hammers, poked our fingers with sewing needles (we, we girls did) instead of those plastic pieces of crap, burned fingers on hot pans sometimes, and learned how not to kill ourselves when Mommy and Daddy weren't around.
How did we go from having lawn darts in the 70's and pogo sticks and trampolines to now, when even riding a tricycle means knee and elbow pads, wrist and shun guards, helmets, and sometimes goggles?
***** wrap the world in bubble wrap. - ItsMyWii, on 10/22/2007, -4/+98HOLY ***** WHAT THE ***** IS WRONG WITH YOU!?!?! Audis are much better cars.
- soccerman90, on 10/22/2007, -6/+86thats why kid nation is a good idea. Let those stupid kids drink some bleach. Now they learned a lesson, dont drink bleach
- Jugalator, on 10/22/2007, -2/+71Were there adult men that at some point looked at him in that tree? Jesus, they could be paedophiles! Parents these days. :-o
- FortyCaliber, on 10/22/2007, -1/+67Once I was sliding down a hill in the woods and a stick punctured my scrotum.
Moral of the story: watch where you are going. - KMye, on 10/22/2007, -5/+69Downside: The West is eventually doomed. Upside: Until that happens, those of us old enough to have missed most of this trend will be able to keep our edge over the new generation much longer than we would have.
- kindrobot, on 10/22/2007, -0/+58The biggest issue? Larger populations and faster, more sensationalized, profit-oriented media have led to the IMPRESSION of greater danger. You're safer than you were before, but when something bad happens now, you'll hear about it faster, louder and with CONVICTION! And it will sell SO many more used cars, hamburgers and legal services. Next stop, HELMETS for kids.
That and anyone who puts the news in context or considers sources, sponsorship, ownership is considered a nutjob or a conspiracy theorist. - Dauragon88, on 10/22/2007, -2/+51Hehe, yeah. I remember the good old days when the swings were giant chained contraptions of death, and jumping off of them wrong meant getting a face full of splinters from the 1/2 inch layer of mulch on the ground. You learned a very important lesson that way: if you are gonna flip off the swings,you'd better land on your ***** feet.
Also chemistry sets ***** suck now. They were on the way to wussification when I was a child but damn! You might as well be selling these kids a spice rack. - FDDIcent, on 10/22/2007, -1/+49He sounds like a normal, healthy and active kid to me. He'll probably grow up to be a very successfull and happy individual.
- zachblume, on 10/22/2007, -1/+48Would be violating the no-touch policy.
- CapeKid, on 10/22/2007, -1/+46Since they were dubbed "The Greatest Generation" we just gave up trying, we can never be better than greatest.
- thomasprebble, on 10/22/2007, -5/+49And you sue like crazy rather than settling disputes like real men.
- Kurisuku, on 10/22/2007, -3/+44I miss REAL goths, the ones who, you know, actually understood what they were doing.
The psuedo-goth emo ***** is humiliating. It makes all goths of old look lame in retrospect, when at least back in the day you knew most of them were playing with roadkill, and not crying over it. :( - webcure, on 10/21/2007, -6/+45I think kids should learn to live a little, but still fasten their seatbelts. That way they can also live longer as well!
- inactive, on 10/22/2007, -4/+43Which Desert Eagle model? If it was the .357 then you should be brought up on child abuse charges.
- Trocisp, on 10/22/2007, -5/+41That's why I'll beat my kids to within inches of their life. And then I'll spit on them.
It'll be a learning experience. I swear.
(Sarcasm, for those who didn't pick it up) - KingGorilla, on 10/22/2007, -1/+36You use that one round to kill some guy holding more ammo or a better gun with ammo. Ironically I learned that from video games
- kevinmotel, on 10/21/2007, -2/+37Check out HunterTV, he doesn't know how to use the seashells.
- jer2eydevil88, on 10/22/2007, -2/+37I'm an 80's child (born in 85) and I was a complete badass as a kid, I got myself suspended so often in Elementry (grade) school for stupid crap that my parents thought I needed therapy. I went through therapy for years before they finally gave up on me and let me do my own thing. Guess what!! I did just fine! I have a company of my own, no criminal record and the ambition to accomplish a lot in life.
:-D I hope my kids get kicked out class a lot when their time is here. It'll make me proud! - Kurisuku, on 10/22/2007, -5/+39I'm 22 and was never allowed outside of the house, never allowed to even go out with friends, not allowed to do ANYTHING when I was growing up, partially because of my (very bad) neighborhood, and the other half because of my parent's manic fear.
Now that I'm an adult I still can't do much of anything because I'm paranoid of the consequences.
That being said, it WAS very nice to be bribed with every videogame you ever wanted just to "keep you inside and busy." - misterdiggles, on 10/22/2007, -2/+34The are also clueless about how to fess up and take responsibility for their actions.
- raisputin3, on 10/21/2007, -0/+32I would have told them to kiss my ass while laughing
- h4mx0r, on 10/22/2007, -7/+37I'm going to be honest. I'm 18, and I'm a bit of a wuss. However, I've recently been trying out things I never would have, and each time I try something and find out it's actually pretty cool/fun/exhilarating, I get braver to the next task and beyond. Aye, still a tad of a wuss, but I'm improving by the day.
- jer2eydevil88, on 10/21/2007, -3/+33Those deagles only hold like 12 bullets which is hardly enough to kill one terrorist on the move, if you want him to grow up into a real man you'd make him haul around an M60 with a cart full of ammo so he can mow down an entire unit.
- Nogger, on 10/22/2007, -0/+29You realize that trees grow quite a bit in 20 years? :-)
- misterdiggles, on 10/22/2007, -14/+42Yeah those damn "Liberals." They just suck don't they. I thought it was the conservatives that covered up reality and pampered their children. Man I've been so wrong! I mean the next time I run into a conservative with their head in the clouds, I'll totally remember that.
- Eska, on 10/22/2007, -1/+29As a college student, I can tell you its not just physical wussification, its mental too. Had a kid in one of my classes saying that the class wasn't fair because she isn't as "gifted" as everyone else. I guess all my profs should just start passing everyone so they do not discriminate against the dumb.
- Thumper13, on 10/22/2007, -1/+26damn your sarcasm. I was going to applaud you!
- inactive, on 10/22/2007, -2/+27From what I see many kids are already Wozzified. Obesity is a major problem with the kids of today.
- KyleMistry, on 10/22/2007, -5/+29All kids should try paintball.
If they're too wussy to try paintball, sign 'em up for the army. - Crossmenjeff, on 10/21/2007, -1/+25you can't blame the kids for this one. they don't make the policies. and the policies are a reaction to their parents treatment of the policy makers.
- toxicshok, on 10/22/2007, -2/+25more like he eats dick for breakfast.
- lsatkins, on 10/22/2007, -4/+27My son's pretty much a bad ass. I have to remind him not to kick every kids ass in school and he eats nails for breakfast.
- SiNN4R, on 10/22/2007, -1/+23That reminds me of the time I climbed a tree with my two younger brothers. Eventually we got tired of it and hopped down and my littlest brother who was around five was begging us to help him down. We left him and got lunch until like an hour later a neighbor brought my little brother home crying and told my parents. I got in a lot of trouble for that. We completely forgot he was up there.
- paulisnotdead, on 10/22/2007, -1/+23This ***** needs to stop, I know kids who aren't even allowed to ride their bikes around town, and they're 15 ***** years old, not to mention their parents are afraid that if the kids get a drivers license they'll be too inexperienced on the road, so they are holding it off till they turn 18.
- UbIwerks, on 10/22/2007, -0/+21Ha, I remember when I was 5 or 6, I looked at the biggest tree I could find in the forest and told myself "touch the top". I was clinging to the tiny trunk as the wind was blowing, but I did it! Now I'm 26 and I went back to the spot to see how tall the tree was... it scared the heck out of me!
- Rustymetal, on 10/21/2007, -1/+22All I remember is running to my friends houses all most everyday, and simply asking if they were allowed outside today. What we did all day long is sometimes a mystery to me, but sure as hell kids today are pussified.
- tech42er, on 10/23/2007, -1/+22The UK is much worse than the US, regarding state control and wussification.
- jggr, on 10/22/2007, -2/+23Actually, while I certainly don't have statistics to back up this claim, I would propose that the 'safety' of our society has increased, not decreased. It's just that we're more scared of the possibility now.
However, I don't have kids, so I don't really care. I can still go climb a tree whenever I want. - AriaStar, on 10/22/2007, -5/+25Well, with seatbelts and small children, that's not a minor accident, like smashing your thumb with a hammer. Letting kids have small accidents is one thing, making them buckle in a fast car or stopping them from drinking bleach is another matter.
- inactive, on 10/22/2007, -4/+24It's not his fault
- inactive, on 10/22/2007, -4/+24Me and a friend were talking about this tonight: all kids need is discipline and SOMETHING TO DO. Activity + intelligence = NO MORE OCD/ADD/DHD kids.
TAKE SOME RESPONSIBILITY, PARENTS! - tech42er, on 10/22/2007, -4/+24Dugg for the humor.
- twomeyw23334, on 10/21/2007, -4/+23I still remember when my elementary school banned dodge ball at recess. Next to go was the annual field day. They were even contemplating getting rid of letter grades because it can "hurt kids feelings to get a bad grade" and replace them with shapes, circle, square and so on until the PTA had a fit. The worst was inventive spelling which is why I still spell words wrong to this day (I now know better but it is force of habit), at least my feelings weren't hurt for spelling corrections as a child because I always tried my hardest to spell correctly and that is all that matters.
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