Thanks. They just seem to be a collection of character failings. But I guess when you sit back and think about it...hey, I was 6. Maybe even 5 when I went all Winston Smith.
Who lets 5 year olds go out unattended, nowadays? Shit, Children's Aid will take 11 year old kids away if they're allowed to run loose without an adult around. 11 year olds BABYSAT back then.
Modern kids probably watch Charlie Brown and think it's completely foreign. Kids traveling alone? Going to the theater alone? What?
Sitting back and thinking, man our parents left us with a lot of freedom and responsibility. And getting mad at stuff you wouldn't make a kid do now.
My sister will never forget the time she walked to the bus stop alone at 5 years old, the bus didn't come, so she came home and my mom yelled at her for missing it, and it turned out it was a PD day (= no school that day).
I don't know the last name. So I'd have to find a Sharon born around 1970 with a younger brother named Barry, who lived in my town around 1975-76. Heh. Maybe an old phone book would reveal a last name.
But maybe I don't want to find her. Imagine the alimony! And she's probably gained a lot of weight...
My first boyfriend was Gavin. He lived half a dozen houses away and his parents were friends with my parents. We played cowboys together with shiny silver cap guns, pushed my furry dog on wheels walker[1] out for walks in the street and got into trouble climbing the high fences. We were both around 3-4 years old, he was blond, I was a ginge. It could never last.
[1] The orange, furry, dog on wheels walker is called Lucy, and she's still living in my parents' attic. I think they were keeping her in the hope a grandchild could play with her. Poor Lucy.
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Who lets 5 year olds go out unattended, nowadays? Shit, Children's Aid will take 11 year old kids away if they're allowed to run loose without an adult around. 11 year olds BABYSAT back then.
Modern kids probably watch Charlie Brown and think it's completely foreign. Kids traveling alone? Going to the theater alone? What?
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My sister will never forget the time she walked to the bus stop alone at 5 years old, the bus didn't come, so she came home and my mom yelled at her for missing it, and it turned out it was a PD day (= no school that day).
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Heh. Maybe an old phone book would reveal a last name.
But maybe I don't want to find her. Imagine the alimony! And she's probably gained a lot of weight...
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My first boyfriend was Gavin. He lived half a dozen houses away and his parents were friends with my parents. We played cowboys together with shiny silver cap guns, pushed my furry dog on wheels walker[1] out for walks in the street and got into trouble climbing the high fences. We were both around 3-4 years old, he was blond, I was a ginge. It could never last.
[1] The orange, furry, dog on wheels walker is called Lucy, and she's still living in my parents' attic. I think they were keeping her in the hope a grandchild could play with her. Poor Lucy.
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