Comments on: Bubble Wrap http://placesneverplanned.wordpress.com/2007/03/13/bubble-wrap/ Musings on that unpredictable thing called life. Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:38:54 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: bee http://placesneverplanned.wordpress.com/2007/03/13/bubble-wrap/#comment-8055 bee Sat, 17 Mar 2007 00:28:47 +0000 http://placesneverplanned.wordpress.com/2007/03/13/bubble-wrap/#comment-8055 i agree...it's like when parents are so worried about disinfecting their children that they forget that getting dirty is part of life.... i agree…it’s like when parents are so worried about disinfecting their children that they forget that getting dirty is part of life….

]]> By: Hart http://placesneverplanned.wordpress.com/2007/03/13/bubble-wrap/#comment-8051 Hart Thu, 15 Mar 2007 09:02:41 +0000 http://placesneverplanned.wordpress.com/2007/03/13/bubble-wrap/#comment-8051 Talking of kids: Swedish kids don't get grades in school until 8th grade (our of 14 grades). ow, the government suggests lowering the grade to start in 6th grade, and everybody's against it, because it will enduce "stress in children that are already stressed out". HUH? Did school truly becomethe ThunderDome from Mad Max since I graduated? Not to draw any parallells, but I went 1st and 2nd grade in Poland, and we had grades from kidnergarten, and damn it if it didn't stress me...! Are we really looking out for children's best nowadays, or are we just trying too ahrd? Bubble wrap, and no grades so they aren't "stressed out"? Well, life is stressful - we cannot protect them from the world, can we? Enough is enough. Take the bubble wrap off and send them back to school! (damn if I haven't become one of those people that mumble "in the good old days"...) Talking of kids:

Swedish kids don’t get grades in school until 8th grade (our of 14 grades).
ow, the government suggests lowering the grade to start in 6th grade, and everybody’s against it, because it will enduce “stress in children that are already stressed out”.

HUH?

Did school truly becomethe ThunderDome from Mad Max since I graduated? Not to draw any parallells, but I went 1st and 2nd grade in Poland, and we had grades from kidnergarten, and damn it if it didn’t stress me…!

Are we really looking out for children’s best nowadays, or are we just trying too ahrd?

Bubble wrap, and no grades so they aren’t “stressed out”? Well, life is stressful – we cannot protect them from the world, can we?

Enough is enough. Take the bubble wrap off and send them back to school!

(damn if I haven’t become one of those people that mumble “in the good old days”…)

]]> By: Anisa http://placesneverplanned.wordpress.com/2007/03/13/bubble-wrap/#comment-8050 Anisa Wed, 14 Mar 2007 22:42:11 +0000 http://placesneverplanned.wordpress.com/2007/03/13/bubble-wrap/#comment-8050 bert and i were talking about this recently. it's sad that the world is more dangerous and kids are in "bubble wrap." but like you said, we have to let them be creative and go out into the world...bumps, bruises and all. bert and i were talking about this recently. it’s sad that the world is more dangerous and kids are in “bubble wrap.” but like you said, we have to let them be creative and go out into the world…bumps, bruises and all.

]]> By: Scarlet http://placesneverplanned.wordpress.com/2007/03/13/bubble-wrap/#comment-8049 Scarlet Wed, 14 Mar 2007 21:31:45 +0000 http://placesneverplanned.wordpress.com/2007/03/13/bubble-wrap/#comment-8049 Oh wow...the elbow injury sounds horrible. Oh wow…the elbow injury sounds horrible.

]]> By: Mark http://placesneverplanned.wordpress.com/2007/03/13/bubble-wrap/#comment-8048 Mark Wed, 14 Mar 2007 21:21:58 +0000 http://placesneverplanned.wordpress.com/2007/03/13/bubble-wrap/#comment-8048 Wow - this brought back memories. I remember you in that cast - I think there was a picture in the yearbook. Now that I'm a parent - I can't imagine letting my daughter do the things I did growing up; but I know I have to (at least some of them). The world is a dangerous place, but it always has been. It's my job to raise my daughter to know the difference between right and wrong - and hope she applies them to her life. Wow – this brought back memories. I remember you in that cast – I think there was a picture in the yearbook.

Now that I’m a parent – I can’t imagine letting my daughter do the things I did growing up; but I know I have to (at least some of them). The world is a dangerous place, but it always has been. It’s my job to raise my daughter to know the difference between right and wrong – and hope she applies them to her life.

]]> By: Scott http://placesneverplanned.wordpress.com/2007/03/13/bubble-wrap/#comment-8046 Scott Wed, 14 Mar 2007 19:31:59 +0000 http://placesneverplanned.wordpress.com/2007/03/13/bubble-wrap/#comment-8046 Kids are so sheltered and I don't know that the world is actually any more dangerious than it was before. I think it is all about mean world syndrome. Freedom needs to be brought back. Scott Kids are so sheltered and I don’t know that the world is actually any more dangerious than it was before. I think it is all about mean world syndrome.

Freedom needs to be brought back.

Scott

]]> By: egan http://placesneverplanned.wordpress.com/2007/03/13/bubble-wrap/#comment-8045 egan Wed, 14 Mar 2007 18:48:11 +0000 http://placesneverplanned.wordpress.com/2007/03/13/bubble-wrap/#comment-8045 I often wonder about this too. It seems parents and schools are so overprotective to lawsuits and shit. We learn from each bruise, scrape, or cut. I loved that about being a kid, the freedom to run all over. I often wonder about this too. It seems parents and schools are so overprotective to lawsuits and shit. We learn from each bruise, scrape, or cut. I loved that about being a kid, the freedom to run all over.

]]> By: Daniel http://placesneverplanned.wordpress.com/2007/03/13/bubble-wrap/#comment-8043 Daniel Wed, 14 Mar 2007 18:13:51 +0000 http://placesneverplanned.wordpress.com/2007/03/13/bubble-wrap/#comment-8043 RUN FREE!!!! I agree. The world is different than yester-year, but some parents might go to extreme measures nowadays - which they can't really be blamed for in some situations. But like many of you said here: when I was a kid growing up we would walk to school everyday, run rampant all over the neighborhood w/o a care... RUN FREE!!!! I agree. The world is different than yester-year, but some parents might go to extreme measures nowadays – which they can’t really be blamed for in some situations.

But like many of you said here: when I was a kid growing up we would walk to school everyday, run rampant all over the neighborhood w/o a care…

]]> By: Beverly http://placesneverplanned.wordpress.com/2007/03/13/bubble-wrap/#comment-8042 Beverly Wed, 14 Mar 2007 17:47:11 +0000 http://placesneverplanned.wordpress.com/2007/03/13/bubble-wrap/#comment-8042 My brother managed to break each of his arms, once at 7 and the other at 14. I fell off the roof. Somehow we survived. Go figure. My brother managed to break each of his arms, once at 7 and the other at 14. I fell off the roof. Somehow we survived. Go figure.

]]> By: dasi http://placesneverplanned.wordpress.com/2007/03/13/bubble-wrap/#comment-8040 dasi Wed, 14 Mar 2007 14:43:55 +0000 http://placesneverplanned.wordpress.com/2007/03/13/bubble-wrap/#comment-8040 You know, I read this and it really made me nostalgic. It makes you wonder: why is it that things are SO different for kids now? I mean, were there no child abductions when we were growing up? Because I used to be allowed to run around the neighborhood by myself or with my friends until the streetlights went on at the age of 8, and in the dark when I was 12 (as long as I was home by 9:00!). Didn’t ANY kids die from massive head injuries while riding bikes, because I NEVER wore a helmet and never heard of anyone who died either… And what about riding in the MIDDLE seat of a big old boat car – no seatbelt, either! Safety is good, but I think it is important to allow your child some leeway to be a kid too. You have to trust them and hope you taught them well, as far as safety, strangers, etc. I think it’s more the fear factor in society today than anything else that spoils what could be good memories for today’s kids – which is a shame. Yes, there is a lot to be afraid of, but hell, there ALWAYS has been, we just never used to let it take over our lives. You know, I read this and it really made me nostalgic. It makes you wonder: why is it that things are SO different for kids now? I mean, were there no child abductions when we were growing up? Because I used to be allowed to run around the neighborhood by myself or with my friends until the streetlights went on at the age of 8, and in the dark when I was 12 (as long as I was home by 9:00!). Didn’t ANY kids die from massive head injuries while riding bikes, because I NEVER wore a helmet and never heard of anyone who died either… And what about riding in the MIDDLE seat of a big old boat car – no seatbelt, either! Safety is good, but I think it is important to allow your child some leeway to be a kid too. You have to trust them and hope you taught them well, as far as safety, strangers, etc. I think it’s more the fear factor in society today than anything else that spoils what could be good memories for today’s kids – which is a shame. Yes, there is a lot to be afraid of, but hell, there ALWAYS has been, we just never used to let it take over our lives.

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