tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513062626413765092.post6808065484214670465..comments2023-10-16T06:44:23.051-07:00Comments on A Mom Uncommon: Free Range Kids, & why my I'm not gonna leave my 3 year old at the parkmama-lama-ding-donghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02227456172223700258noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513062626413765092.post-83296720927841427112019-08-18T04:56:04.983-07:002019-08-18T04:56:04.983-07:00all of them and where you can discuss with them sa...all of them and where you can discuss with them safely is usually essential. Brick and mortar wedding photography companies build up trust within the local community and with their clientele. 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The freedom my mother afforded ...Preach it sister!! The freedom my mother afforded me as a kid to make good choices (or learn from my bad ones) served me incredibly well as an adult. <br /><br />I'm happy to say that my son IS dirty most of the time, and that he stays up too late occasionally. Call me a rebel.Junque Rethunquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07670510181195435203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513062626413765092.post-84409191847295827812010-05-10T18:40:31.029-07:002010-05-10T18:40:31.029-07:00I am a free-range parent. I was raised that way a...I am a free-range parent. I was raised that way and I'm doing the same with my kids. It is what works for us mainly and I want them to grow up feeling confident and independent as well as knowing their boundaries and trusting their instincts. <br /><br />After spending time recently with others who don't even let their children go to different rooms in their own home without a parent this post was refreshing. Thank you.Victoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03555904687591523523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513062626413765092.post-25530375856660908432010-05-09T17:07:43.060-07:002010-05-09T17:07:43.060-07:00My brother and I were wonderfully free-range growi...My brother and I were wonderfully free-range growing up. In the summertime Mom would basically say, "Go outside and play". We'd ride bikes for miles, go climb trees on vacant lots, etc. The only deal was we had to let her know before we left the street and not be gone for hours on end. I guess we were about 10 or 11 at the time we were taking our bikes out for miles. By the time I was a teen, I was walking unsupervised to the library, where I'd stay unsupervised for the afternoon, reading. This is not to imply that my folks didn't care or weren't safety nuts; they were. We had car seats in 1970 when most cars still didn't even have seatbelts in the rear. And we had to have flags on our bikes, too, which was totally nerdy. But they trusted us to figure out how to handle things by ourselves, without them holding our hands. <br /><br />I wish there was more around here that Sophie would be able to walk to, but alas, we're too rural for that, and it's not safe to bike in our neighborhood. Not for fear of stranger abduction, but because of unleashed dogs and crazy-ass drivers.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16585585542350057318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513062626413765092.post-31559753913227014722010-05-08T21:44:56.566-07:002010-05-08T21:44:56.566-07:00Kids are more in danger from obesity related probl...Kids are more in danger from obesity related problems than they will ever be from stranger abductions. Around 2000 kids are kidnapped every year. An overwhelming majority of those are taken by a non custodial parent or someone known to the family.<br />I think that kids should be able to spend time alone at the park by the age of 7 or 8, and should be able to walk or ride their bikes to school. Hell, I was walking to dance class by myself when I was 8. Maya had a friend over a couple of years ago and that friend's parents said that if the girls walked or rode to the library, one of us would have to go with. They were 10 years old and the library was 5 blocks away. The ridiculousness of this blew my mind. I baked my first cake at 10! And Maya has been riding her bike or walking to school since she was in first grade. I bet the kids I saw walking home from school alone in Harlem would laugh at a great big girl who couldn't walk to the library with a friend.Aprilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03416802223203553515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513062626413765092.post-41821789775892032962010-05-08T19:45:26.365-07:002010-05-08T19:45:26.365-07:00Lenore, thank you SO much for taking the time to c...Lenore, thank you SO much for taking the time to comment. I think there is a very big difference between leaving a 3 year old at the park and leaving a 7 or 8 year old. I guess in some ways, I hope that the skills I'm teaching my 3 year old will make it possible for her to do something like this when she's 7 or 8. Will I let her then? Who knows- I'm just as neurotic as the next mom, but I very much hope that this gets us back to how we were raised... with the sense of community trust and personal independence that we've somehow lost along the way.<br /><br />Again, thank you for taking the time to personally touch base. Good luck on the 22nd!!mama-lama-ding-donghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02227456172223700258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513062626413765092.post-51776948264818536452010-05-08T19:28:19.703-07:002010-05-08T19:28:19.703-07:00Hi! I highly do not suggest you leave your three y...Hi! I highly do not suggest you leave your three year old (she's cute!) at the park either! And I invented the day! As it says on my post, it's a day to take 7 or 8 year olds -- and up -- to the park for an hour, or even half, just to get them used to the idea of making up games and making friends with other kids -- without us doing the work of childhood for them. Hopefully in about five years kids will be so used to this again that your 8 year old will have lots of friends to play with outside, even if it's not "Take Our Kids to the Park and Leave Them There Day." Meantime, thanks for mulling it! -- Lenore "Free-Range Kids" SkenazyUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01658937310615778928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513062626413765092.post-63664578393082061402010-05-08T18:04:05.155-07:002010-05-08T18:04:05.155-07:00Yeah... I wouldn't be dropping Hayden off at t...Yeah... I wouldn't be dropping Hayden off at the park anytime soon. I wish I could be more free-range sometimes, but Hayden can be a wanderer and that can be scary. So at the mall, he holds my hand. While crossing a parking lot, he holds my hand. I have let him go outside while I sit and watch him from inside (although I don't keep a super close eye on him all the time). I wish I could let him go out to play and not have to watch him... but that's not safe (at least I don't think it is). <br /><br />Anywho... I think it's good to nurture independence and allow for as much of that as possible... within reason.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18117857450870438275noreply@blogger.com