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uptown urbanist -
I disagree - look at how society has become - more and more sick things have become commonplace or just ignored - because of broken families and an antyhing goes mentality there are a lot more molesters acting on their thoughts and getting a slap on the wrist - more and more porn then can sseeon the internet which spurs them on - I am telling you - if a child was raped back in the day - the entire neighborhood would beat the crap out of the pervert and chase his ass out of town. Nowadays even monsters have "rights" and get therapy which is a load of crap.
Almost everything about this is wrong. Penalties for child molestation have been on the increase for an entire generation, while things that in past generations would've been shrugged off as 'youthful experimentation' are now 'sex crimes'. If "rape" of children is more common than it was 30 years ago, it is because we call almost everything rape. BTW I have a degree in criminal justice so I know a lot more about the subject than any of you will ever hear on Oprah.
What is an age you would be comfortable with your kids playing outside by themselves with hardly any supervision?
Here is why I ask:
My parents never really had to worry about me spending a lot of time outside because I'm not an outside kind of girl. I had my little phases where I couldn't get enough of it. However, they were home 99.9% of the time when I was outside playing with friends or by myself. The one time I played outside and they were gone, I had a key to the house and I was already staying home by myself at the age of around 10 or 11.
In any case, a few minutes ago some kid says to my mom, "I really have to go and I don't think I can make it home. Can I use your bathroom?" He looks like he was around the age of 9-11. My mom lets him in and he goes into my bathroom. I start walking in the hallway where my bathroom and room are and I start smelling ****. Ugh. So he finally gets done doing his business and he asks, "Do you have a playstation?" I lied and said no. I let him out to the garage and he asks if he can play with one of our basketballs, if that's my bike hanging in the garage and that he wants me to "come play a little game with him". I told him no and that he needed to start heading home. "I don't head home til dark." WTF? It's 1 in the afternoon and it doesn't get dark in Arkansas til around...eh...6:30...7 maybe. The whole time I'm thinking, "When does he eat? Where are his parents and why do they let him stay out all day???" He is still hanging around and I finally say, "Well...we're about to have company so you need to head home." He replies, "I don't head home til dark." "Well....you need to go away from here." "All right," he says in a sarcastic tone, "Tell me when your little sister comes over." How about not? I have a little 8 year old step sis that comes over in the summer and there's no way in hell I'm letting him come around her. He gave me the creeps.
It's a good thing that he came to our house because we have a sex offender who lives not too far (less than a mile) and he could have made the mistake of going there. Ugh.
The poor kid had to take a ----! Give him a break!
What makes me sad is when the next door neighbor stands in his driveway and kicks a ball against the stairs. He's all alone and can't even go out for a bike ride. He stands there alone and dribbles the ball and shoots free throws for hours.
This is creating a whole wave of anti-socials.
When that kid is in the NBA in 10 years making big $$$$, you will know why is practicing a lot!!!!!!!!!
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