tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post6757557902731726377..comments2024-03-28T00:23:01.632-04:00Comments on Lem's Levity: "Is the Decline of Free Play Causing an Epidemic of Childhood Depression?"Trooper Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-1505498775539011182017-04-27T04:34:59.512-04:002017-04-27T04:34:59.512-04:00Mum imperative 1: "Stop running in and out of...Mum imperative 1: "Stop running in and out of the house!" <br /><br />Mum imperative 2: "Go outside and play!" <br /><br />Conclusion: Mum really doesn't want me around.Chip Ahoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12597726289890879627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-58321551699138692862017-04-27T00:07:36.868-04:002017-04-27T00:07:36.868-04:00Helicopter parents and teachers producing fucked u...Helicopter parents and teachers producing fucked up kids. Shocking!ndspinellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01446291993043775612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-70810356153286663152017-04-26T21:02:27.319-04:002017-04-26T21:02:27.319-04:00Everybody was free range.
Where I was, there was ...Everybody was free range.<br /><br />Where I was, there was a big field with 3 baseball diamonds and, in the summer, we'd all play ball until you couldn't see. The neighborhood was our Wild West.edutcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15033144261502435196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-15764123937930780352017-04-26T20:59:15.997-04:002017-04-26T20:59:15.997-04:00I was free range, only we didn't have streets ...I was free range, only we didn't have streets or sidewalks, just woods, fields and mischief. I got into them all.The Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05354536924604187137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-36202554629348500632017-04-26T20:17:22.113-04:002017-04-26T20:17:22.113-04:00"Where'd you go?"
"Out."
..."Where'd you go?"<br /><br />"Out."<br /><br />"What'd you do?"<br /><br />"Nothing."<br /><br /><br />My whole wonderful childhood out on the streets with my friends, the twins Miles and Joel. Except I didn't even think in terms of wonderful. It was what you did. After school till dark. Then you came in exhausted and were fed.ricpichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01321511130788764861noreply@blogger.com