Boys...

[Ocean1]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...201668_pf.html

[canarlee]

i like that!

[tri boy]

Lets hear it for scrapped knuckles, and bloody knees.
As for the cane? see my signature.

[canarlee]

is that scrapped or scraped knuckles?


if it was meant to be scrapped then where do scrapped knuckles get taken? do they get re-moulded or summit?

[Swoop]

What a splendid article!
Bloody good points.

"Does every high school offer a class on adventure tales? No -- and then we complain that boys don't read anymore."
True.

Very true.

[Ocean1]

What a splendid article!
Bloody good points.

I was inspired enough to type the post in invisible ink



Anyone got a tissue?

[Crisis management]

Yes! Bring back grubbiness and mess.....damn those Persil ads!

All common sense really, my epiphany was when I took the kids to the beach (ages about 2 and 5) and they asked if they could go in the water. Ok it was mid winter, but my response of "do whatever you want" was the best thing I ever said.
Took a lot of cleaning up / drying / warming up afterwards but made me realise how much we can wrap kids in cottonwool to their detriment.

My daughter (22) still bears the scar on her forehead from the "flying fox incident", my son is a very capable white water Kayaker winning competitions and generally showing off.
If I had prevented their early experimentation they wouldn't be the adults they are.

The author of that article, Conn Iggulden, does a good line in historical novels if anyone wants a good read.

[ManDownUnder]

That is so very very true. As the Dad of a 7 year old boy... I can't fault what was written.

[Curious_AJ]

kids should be allowed to be kids and be messy and stuff around!!!!

I as a kid was a great fan of making mud cakes... (tried to eat one of them once.. and ended up running inside dribbling mud all over the front of myself)

[MisterD]

is that scrapped or scraped knuckles?


if it was meant to be scrapped then where do scrapped knuckles get taken? do they get re-moulded or summit?

Possibly "scrapped" refers to the types of knuckle injuries sustained in the propper boyhood activity of scrapping (taking wild punches like in the movies but mostly failing to connect)?

[Pwalo]

Funnily enough my wife bought the book for me as an Xmas present. She thought I'd appreciate it as someone who grew up in the seventies. How right she was; it's just like the books that I use to read at my Nannas, or at boarding school.

It's amazing to think what we were able to get away with. It's even scarier when I listen to my Dad and Uncles telling my boys stories about what they got up to!

Now where's my slingshot, it's time to cull a few seagulls.

[gijoe1313]

Ordered my copy already from Amazon! Can't wait to lead my little nephew down a slippery slope on the back of a go-cart whilst waterbombing his mum doing the gardening!

[Ocean1]

Ordered my copy already from Amazon! Can't wait to lead my little nephew down a slippery slope on the back of a go-cart whilst waterbombing his mum doing the gardening!

Ah the joys of corrupting youth...

Do a proper job dude.

[tri boy]

is that scrapped or scraped knuckles?


if it was meant to be scrapped then where do scrapped knuckles get taken? do they get re-moulded or summit?

Oooops. Got lazy on spell check.

[gijoe1313]

Ah the joys of corrupting youth...

Do a proper job dude.

I get enuff complaints from other teachers who say "Mr.Joe what exactly have you been teaching in some of your classes?"

"They use words I've never heard of"
"They come up with some unusual ideas....they sound like yours...."
"How did you manage to teach a whole period on poop?"
"Why are they reading comics in class?"

etc. etc. .... when it comes to my nephew, his mum thinks I'm a bad influence on him already! Heck, he's only two! So okay, line the toys up in a firing line and throwing plasticine hand grenades at them sounded like a good idea at the time ....

But I'm always open to more ways to corrupting youth!