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its also that people are now much more aware of the pedo next door (or in their family) so blind trust isnt there for most quite the way it used to be.. I mean, face it, you can go online now and see the crime in your neighborhood, find the sex offenders in your neighborhood, etc.. In the good old days they were there too, but you didnt usually have access to that info like we do today..

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ORIGINAL: MariaB

Its not only parents who restrict children from the freedom of individuality and adventure. Local councils put so many restrictions on what children can and can’t do.
We used to walk on walls, climb trees and chalk hopscotch on the pavements. I haven’t seen a hopscotch chalking for years and I can’t remember the last time I saw a child climb a tree or walk along a wall.

Some of my family members run a kids action station in Bristol. It’s a game where you have to run if you are really going to enjoy the game but because a recent law suit… a child fell and broke his front tooth whilst running; they now have big signs up saying, “NO RUNNING”. The fear of being sued by parents is putting so many restrictions on the kids of today. Even if they are given parental freedom, society will fill in the gaps of their “bad parenting”

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I'm unsure of the political origins of the two, and ive also not given a lot of thought as to the present political relationships of the two either.

Then stop posting ignorant bullshit like this
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ORIGINAL: bounty44

given that Marxists/communists believe the state is more important than the family in terms of allegiance, i can understand leftist practices that purposefully seek to undermine the family.

YOU posted it, take bloody responsibility for inserting it where the sun dont shine and making a clearly HIGHLY ignorant comment

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ORIGINAL: bounty44

that all said, I thought it might be respectful to let you know i'll be putting you on hide, you've gone a long way towards making my time here unenjoyable and I don't want deal with it anymore.

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ORIGINAL: MariaB

Its not only parents who restrict children from the freedom of individuality and adventure. Local councils put so many restrictions on what children can and can’t do.
We used to walk on walls, climb trees and chalk hopscotch on the pavements. I haven’t seen a hopscotch chalking for years and I can’t remember the last time I saw a child climb a tree or walk along a wall.

Some of my family members run a kids action station in Bristol. It’s a game where you have to run if you are really going to enjoy the game but because a recent law suit… a child fell and broke his front tooth whilst running; they now have big signs up saying, “NO RUNNING”. The fear of being sued by parents is putting so many restrictions on the kids of today. Even if they are given parental freedom, society will fill in the gaps of their “bad parenting”

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ORIGINAL: PeonForHer

If I were forced to name one reason why it might be less safe for kids these days to roam free, it'd be the feeling that there's less of a sense of community these days. The upshot of social fragmentation and tendency not to think in terms of community but only as individuals - is that I'd expect less of an instinct amongst adults to care for kids that aren't their own.

So what we need is a new worldview that focuses on community. A new ism needs to be coined for this. A term that starts with comm- and finishes with -ism. Hmmm.

I'll get my coat.

its also that people are now much more aware of the pedo next door (or in their family) so blind trust isnt there for most quite the way it used to be.. I mean, face it, you can go online now and see the crime in your neighborhood, find the sex offenders in your neighborhood, etc.. In the good old days they were there too, but you didnt usually have access to that info like we do today..

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ORIGINAL: bossman777
The government has gone to great lengths in the US to destroy the family unit, and this is another anti-family trend that makes many people choose not to have kids.

what???? people today are choosing not to have kids cuz of the fear that the govt might take them away??? Imo, people today are choosing not to have kids cuz they cant fn' afford to have kids.. its not that most don't want to, its cuz wages have not gone up but costs have.. its cuz of the albatross of tens of thousands in student loan debt around their

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ORIGINAL: bossman777
Too many just want to be taken care of. Adult kids living with

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We'll fight, not out of spite
For someone must stand up for what's right
'Cause where there's a man who has no voice
There ours shall go singing

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So what we need is a new worldview that focuses on community. A new ism needs to be coined for this. A term that starts with comm- and finishes with -ism. Hmmm.

Wait, I know! Communityism!

K.

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ORIGINAL: bounty44

this thread may have run its course, but just in case not, a most recent update:

http://www.inquisitr.com/1892310/free-range-parents-deemed-guilty-of-unsubstantiated-child-neglect/

the parents whose experience in part prompted me to start this thread were found guilty of child neglect.