tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15559257.post3111237276286345648..comments2023-10-28T03:27:48.415-07:00Comments on Books are my only friends: Kids todayTripphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10167966624693577245noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15559257.post-91432173865677671712009-07-06T10:41:39.487-07:002009-07-06T10:41:39.487-07:00That argument makes a lot of sense. We are in both...That argument makes a lot of sense. We are in both camps, I guess. We are definitely paranoid about strangers but we try to get them outside as much as we can. We might be over-hiking them though, we get some complaints there.<br /><br />I would love it if there were enough kids on the block to allow them to just go out and run as they did at Eagle Crest.Tripphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10167966624693577245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15559257.post-57797436848089877432009-07-06T09:32:08.160-07:002009-07-06T09:32:08.160-07:00Interesting point - I found an interesting, if bri...Interesting point - I found an interesting, if brief, discussion of a similar matter in The Science of Fear, which I have just finished.<br /><br />Specifically, the author raises the possibly unintended consequence of the culture of concern over predators, kidnap, etc. - all valid concerns - of childhood obesity and the subsequent detrimental health effects thereof like diabetes, heart disease and the like. That is, limiting the child's access to the outdoors and the games like those that Brack suggests will keep them indoors, glued to the TV, playing videogames etc. Who knows what those health consequences are - and whether their effects, while not as immediately measurable as kindapping statistics, might be just as bad or worse.harrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15559257.post-5823345665592817342009-07-02T13:13:29.511-07:002009-07-02T13:13:29.511-07:00Nicely done. I didn't know the official names ...Nicely done. I didn't know the official names of the parks, which that map helps to show.<br /><br />Do you find the kids run out as a group on your block?Tripphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10167966624693577245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15559257.post-68038525936855595212009-07-02T12:08:27.433-07:002009-07-02T12:08:27.433-07:00Drop this into Google maps:
36.871617,-76.308085
...Drop this into Google maps:<br /><br />36.871617,-76.308085<br /><br />The scene of many a twilight game of Red Rover, freeze tag, 500 and Smear the, uh, Kid With the Ball.Brackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16192217051455130379noreply@blogger.com