I also grew up that way as my mom didn't care what I did. I was always out late past dark. Luckily I turned out ok, at least I think I did. lol

I don't understand how parents could just let their kids run around town, even then when there were less stupid heads inthe world. I was molested so many times when I was little it was ridiculous. If my mother would have been watching me instead of doing drugs then it wouldn't have happened. It bugs me when people say they want to go back where they are "free".

That is what is dangerous. Yes, I know it is nice to go outside and walk somewhere etc. but it's still dangerous. Me, I am stuck in this house even now all grown up because I don't know how to drive!


It's those times long ago when parents let their kids wander that has rubbed off on the adults now a days so that they do not watch their children, because that is how they were raised. My bfs aunt is 40 something and her daughter just dropped out of highschool, her other daughter is having sex in the house, and most of their friends are pregnant! She acts as if there is nothing she can do about it and it makes me sick.

I do agree that you should not spend all day inside etc. but some kids don't have a choice and some of their parents just don't care. My younger brother and sister barely go outside because they aren't allowed to. The neighborhood isn't too safe but it is the only place they can afford to live right now. They are bright smart teenagers with no problems, even though they are inside most of the time. Of course they do out with my family and their friends to places but to wander around the neighborhood is not safe.

Thank goodness my mother is a totally completely different person now thanks to my step dad and my siblings are being raised right.

Not all game playing etc. is bad. My older brother loves games, still plays them and so do I. It was pretty much all we had to do when we were little. My brother got so good he won the Captron contest for Nintendo and got to go to the finals all the way in Australia. That was out of 10,000 contestents and he got second!
I remember him playig centipede upside down in the mirror and not dying even once! now he developes video games.

But I must say this......
Look at all of us, we are onthe computer almost all day long talkingto fellow pet lovers. Is that bad?