Lost Children

[lady_of_anamdor]

 
I was walking through Barnes and Noble about a week ago, when a little boy attached himself to me. He was about seven years old, and was so engrossed in his hand held game system that I don't think he had looked up from the time he had come in with his mom and grandmother.

I was wearing the same basic colors as his mom, so when we were all in an

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[wolphstrykes]

About the same amount as someone who allows their kids to read and walk at the same time. My mom wouldn't let me do it for that exact reason (although I didn't realize it until I was older and nearly walked in front of a car, heh... yay "indestructible" teenage years).

A few years back I was seeing a majority of people who just didn't seem to care about their children and seemed to expect them to immediately know how to behave. Nowadays I'm seeing a rather extreme mix - kids all but being raised urban-feral, and kids being raised with an alertness that just didn't exist in my childhood's day and age.