When I was a Kid

[smackyo]

I'd hate to be a kid today. No freedom at all.

Parents drive you everywhere and never let you out of their sight. I walked to school by myself when I was 6 or 7 years old. All the kids did.

We roamed free through the neighbourhood from sunrise to sundown, coming in only for dinner. Now kids have "playdates" and play in parks while their parents watch. Whatever soccer mom came up with the term (and concept) "playdate" should be stripped naked and whipped with an extension cord.

We played soccer/street hockey/football/baseball in the streets, fields and open lots whenever we wanted. Now kids are signed up for "activities" at set times and locations. Their parents drive them.

Kids today have their whole lives structured and laid out for them. No wonder so many of them are bored as fuck, have ADD and are depressed. Their sense of adventure is never nurtured and they never have to think for themselves.

Kids today may have it easier than we did...or better, if you prefer. Doesn't mean they're enjoying it more.

i agree with this. though i am just barely out of being a kid i can remember one big thing was cell phones. the first person out of my group of friends got a cell phone when we were about 18 or 19. parents didn't know where we were unless we called them to let them know and even then you could just lie.

that was part of the fun of growing up was doing things and being places you were not supposed to. to use an example from my life, strip bars in quebec when i was 16 for instance, or "borrowing your parents vehicle and saying you were gonna stay at your friends place and instead fuck off on a 4 or 6 hour drive to go to ottawa or toronto to meet and fuck some chics you met off the internet. the internet in its infancy though, i'm talking 28k modems and irc chat . the freedom i had while growing up was awesome, i had the time of my life in highschool and the later years of elementary.