Our kids too wrapped in bubble wrap these days?

[Skunk]

Sexist reactionary ! Shame on you.

Cowpersons and Native Americans please. And I'm not sure that doesn't breach some PC rule about species discrimination against cows.

Not with toy guns either thank you! Please use fake biodegradable injury-free flowers.

[sunhuntin]

Too right - how many of the ''tough'' posters on this thread would dare to do that eh? Have they ever gone over 160kph with no helmet and goggles,have they ever crashed in jeans and sneakers,no helmet or gloves....picked the bike up and ridden it home,and not even have your mother get upset when you told her?

Take off the bubble wrap yourself if you expect the kids to.

i quite often ride in less than suitable gear. hell, today im contemplating riding home in shorts, tshirt and sneakers [with helmet, but only cos its law. if it wasnt law...] simply cos is gorgeously sunny and i really cant be fucked putting the hot stuff on.

as for childhood stuff... i think i arrived just about the start of the pc bullshit. i climbed trees [and fell out] and the like, but i wasnt allowed to go anywhere outside the gates by myself. tree climbing was out at primary school. pity cos they had wicked ever greens perfect for climbing. think i was about 6 when a bunch of us got yelled at. stupid thing is, the bark on the playground was more dangerous. i remember jumping down off a climbing frame like the boys were and getting a sharp ass bit of bark stuck in my bare foot. i learned to wear shoes. i do wish id been born earlier and had the chance to live life without any pointless rules.

when i was babysitting, the youngest boy was not allowed to this, that and the other just in case he got sick. this kid was spoilt rotten, and i remember getting told off cos he was wet after picking the hose up and refusing to put it down. diddums, spoilt kid got a little bit wet... he'll die!

[Toaster]

I just wish she had discouraged me more from watching bloody topdressing planes...

You kept inhaling the fumes didn't you? hehehe

[pete376403]

True .... in a way ..... but it makes me sad when people keen going on about how spoiled our kids are these days, and how they are ALL wrapped in cotton wool.

Mine have a lot more material things than I did, granted, but they also have a lot more opportunity and just as much dirty fun. They have flash mountain bikes, sure, and I take them half way around the country to throw themselves down a downhill track, and get a cool trip down the hill in an ambulance They all have dirt bikes, and their Dad takes them half way around the country on both days of his weekend so they can throw themselves into gorse bushes when they miss a corner, and have the bike land on top of them. They have great camping holidays where they get to find, name, and bury a family of puffer fish, and keep and treasure rotten old hammerhead sharks for days on end, stinking out the camp ground and making me lots of new friends They have overseas holidays where they get to collect coconuts, geckos, and shells, and go snorkelling with barracuda, moray eels, sea snakes, and sting rays, or throw themselves around theme parks that feel just like the Easter show used to (as I remember it anyway!).

And when they come home from all that excitement, they are still happy collecting cicada skins in a bottle, jumping on their trampoline with the cat , sliding down the hill at the park in old cardboard boxes, climbing the rotten old trees in my un-pruned garden, beating each other up until they get black eyes (it's self limiting and I don't interfere unless a bone pokes out) or playing at the school (on 'mum's' confidence course hehe!).

I think most kids, and their parents, these days are doing great

Expect a call from either CYFS or SPCA soon about how you're endangering your children...

[Skunk]

Too right - how many of the ''tough'' posters on this thread would dare to do that eh? Have they ever gone over 160kph with no helmet and goggles,have they ever crashed in jeans and sneakers,no helmet or gloves....picked the bike up and ridden it home,and not even have your mother get upset when you told her?

Take off the bubble wrap yourself if you expect the kids to.

I wear the gear because I learnt what hurt when I was a kid. The PC kids of today wouldn't know what hurts and what doesn't...

[Skyryder]

Did not see the show but in my experiance most of this PC shit is the result of mothers being too protective. I spent the better part of my childrens childhood as 'at home parent.' That ranged from plunket, kindergarten committe's and school trips etc. It would only take one parent to complain and changes were made in accordance with that parents wishes. There was usuely a cartel behind the complaint what with networking and gossiping mums etc.

Skyryder

[glice]

yea kids are too soft now. I'm only 20 and in short amount of time since I was a kid, things are already way different.
they need to feel some pain to know what is a dum idea. instead of just being invincable on playstation.

[speedpro]

I took of my son and two of his friends to the state forest park a little over a year ago. Got them to take their shoes off, roll up their pants, and get in the stream and start making a dam. They got wet and dirty. It doesn't matter if the pants are rolled up if you get in deep enough. They climbed all over the rocks in bare feet which my wife wouldn't have let happen if she was there, and on the way home the eldest kept saying it was the best day of his life. Those boys were never allowed to visit with us again.

[KiwiKat]

It's really frustrating teaching kid's all day and knowing that they have little respect for risk and consequences thereof. We learn by our mistakes and we learn from the risks we take in life. Many young children think they are invincible and perhap need to be allowed to take risks and make mistakes. The reality is that is one of the best ways that children learn to take more care is pain.

Gee and I still ride bikes. Who'd figure.

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

Our kids too wrapped in bubble wrap these days?

bubble wrap is fun anyhow... makes all them cool popping sounds....

[FROSTY:Me]

OMG --you mean I'm sposed to stop my kids from being hurt--ohh shit
FOR SALE KIds motorbikes and BMX bikes
TUI

[Skyryder]

I took of my son and two of his friends to the state forest park a little over a year ago. Got them to take their shoes off, roll up their pants, and get in the stream and start making a dam. They got wet and dirty. It doesn't matter if the pants are rolled up if you get in deep enough. They climbed all over the rocks in bare feet which my wife wouldn't have let happen if she was there, and on the way home the eldest kept saying it was the best day of his life. Those boys were never allowed to visit with us again.

Yep just the sort of thing I was saying. Bet it was Mum who made the decision.

I made it a point of giving my kids plenty of free rein. Bloody hell I let them watch the Rocky Horror at five and six years of age. Was there fav. vid. for years.



Skyryder

[ynot slow]

Hell remember at the parks,if they had the big swings,how much fun was it when you could actually get on the seat lol,then the joy of jumping off the seat when at it's highest point,probably only 5 or 6',but felt like 15'.

Or riding the rocking horse,sitting on the back when 3 or 4 on it,and really rocking it.Joys of the old man having years of race riding behind him and sitting on the front,my brother and me sitting at the back,learnt to use knees to hang on with as well,or bail off.

We made underground huts with trenches maybe 2' under ground,if it collapsed no worries,then we decided to go really deep between the neighbours sheds,to much Hogans Heroes,but worked,we dug down about 5' and tunnelled.

[mstriumph]

i think it's sad that children aren't even permitted to get DIRTY these days .... one hint of a smudge and the PC brigade demand they be whisked away and hosed down with antibacterial this and superclean that ........

[speedpro]

I have to laugh at the aerosol air freshener and "sanitiser" sprays advertised.