tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080955225499735836.post8416457317816490681..comments2023-09-27T10:59:20.030+02:00Comments on Wherever Launa goes, There She Is: "Be Home By Dinner, Kids."Launahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10176057306158844399noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080955225499735836.post-52290553089649332472009-11-30T22:36:13.035+01:002009-11-30T22:36:13.035+01:00I think it started, or at least I remember it star...I think it started, or at least I remember it starting, with the halloween needle in the candy scare. After that, no more kids going out for halloween by themselves. And it's just been a gradual decline since then. But how many kids actually got needles? And what are the odds of a kid getting a needle now? They're probably more likely to get hit by lightning at the same time as getting run over by a bus on the sidewalk while some sketchy guy in a van propositions them with candy. <br /><br />I wonder if it's true what you say about the Frenchies though. Is it possible it happens and you just don't see it? I think it's your job the rest of this year to make French friends and research this further.Ngorevichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06366793940610656444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080955225499735836.post-10534365262061200182009-11-29T22:45:43.725+01:002009-11-29T22:45:43.725+01:00Kids don't have to do all the chores that we h...Kids don't have to do all the chores that we had to do in order to earn all that free time we had. If the kids were doing more legitimate work around the house then not only would we be more confident in their skill sets when they are out of sight, but WE would have twice as much time to be unsupervised adults. In Park Slope the kids will likely form a child labor union though - and then write a letter to congress about the injustice of it! Love Grace's blog btw - it is everything I love about that girl.Katie Mosher-Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18106638501077391788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080955225499735836.post-75536520916417601512009-11-29T16:51:16.379+01:002009-11-29T16:51:16.379+01:00What a wonderful post on a generally wonderful blo...What a wonderful post on a generally wonderful blog. (I just found you via your comment on Lindsey's blog; I too am a hardcore HWM fan and just had to follow up with other members of the club.) <br /><br />I've been thinking a lot about the over-parenting phenomenon, all the while becoming increasingly nostalgic for my childhood of skinned knees and unfettered roaming. It is fascinating to learn that this is not an exclusively American condition. I find it at once heartening and depressing to learn that the French seem mired in the same type of thinking.<br /><br />Thanks for a thought-provoking post. I look forward to learning more about your adventures overseas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080955225499735836.post-784303396552640612009-11-29T15:15:26.580+01:002009-11-29T15:15:26.580+01:00Nope, it's not. And I agree whole-heartedly w...Nope, it's not. And I agree whole-heartedly with your bemoaning both of the situation and of the attendant guilt/pressure it has put on moms. <br />Have your read Michael Chabon's excellent essay about this: http://www.nybooks.com/articles/22891<br /><br />Excellent eulogy, basically, for the "wildness" of childhood and of the benefits this kind of laxity of supervision creates for people growing up.<br /><br />I don't have answers, but am grateful for your wise and thoughtful contribution to the debate.<br />Thank you!Lindseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12909653448867538655noreply@blogger.com