Comments on: Free Them Kids http://www.cottontimer.com/2008/04/16/free-them-kids/ Love, Laughter, and Madness Tue, 01 Mar 2011 20:40:53 +0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: smitha http://www.cottontimer.com/2008/04/16/free-them-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-661303 smitha Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:28:28 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2008/04/16/free-them-kids/#comment-661303 heheh yeah..looking back, I don't get what was so exciting about the whole jumping in the puddle thing. Maybe we (we = sis & I) thought "oh, small swimming pool! go jump!" or if it was just a way to test our parents' patience (do exactly the opposite of what they say). But we went past that phase quickly and didn't jump through too many puddles after that! heheh yeah..looking back, I don’t get what was so exciting about the whole jumping in the puddle thing. Maybe we (we = sis & I) thought “oh, small swimming pool! go jump!” or if it was just a way to test our parents’ patience (do exactly the opposite of what they say). But we went past that phase quickly and didn’t jump through too many puddles after that!

]]> By: Cottontimer http://www.cottontimer.com/2008/04/16/free-them-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-661296 Cottontimer Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:23:32 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2008/04/16/free-them-kids/#comment-661296 smitha, I do not understand the appeal of puddle jumping. And funnily enough, Stephen doesn't either! I have also trained him well. HahAHa smitha, I do not understand the appeal of puddle jumping. And funnily enough, Stephen doesn’t either! I have also trained him well. HahAHa

]]> By: smitha http://www.cottontimer.com/2008/04/16/free-them-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-661288 smitha Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:20:01 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2008/04/16/free-them-kids/#comment-661288 hey I played in puddles in the cities of India and turned out ok. Well, the frequency was like once in a year or something (we lived out in the countryside and went to city occasionally)! :P Alright, I most likely am a TB, Hep carrier...but it builds our immune system! hehehehe... my mom's bigger concern was the dirtying of clothes, cause she could never get the stains out! I remember taking the bus in Hyderabad (India) when I was 9, but with a big group of friends (some of who were 18+ years old, and parents knew them well), and was during off-peak hours. But on my own, I took the buses in Rome (when I was 12+). But mom and dad really "trained" us well! It went over a few months of transitioning from going with parents and being on my own! My mom recently shared that for a while she would follow us without our knowledge to make sure we were practicing safe techniques that they taught us!! we never knew!! heheheh I just love my parents! hey I played in puddles in the cities of India and turned out ok. Well, the frequency was like once in a year or something (we lived out in the countryside and went to city occasionally)! :P Alright, I most likely am a TB, Hep carrier…but it builds our immune system! hehehehe… my mom’s bigger concern was the dirtying of clothes, cause she could never get the stains out!

I remember taking the bus in Hyderabad (India) when I was 9, but with a big group of friends (some of who were 18+ years old, and parents knew them well), and was during off-peak hours. But on my own, I took the buses in Rome (when I was 12+). But mom and dad really “trained” us well! It went over a few months of transitioning from going with parents and being on my own!

My mom recently shared that for a while she would follow us without our knowledge to make sure we were practicing safe techniques that they taught us!! we never knew!! heheheh I just love my parents!

]]> By: Cottontimer http://www.cottontimer.com/2008/04/16/free-them-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-661253 Cottontimer Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:02:55 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2008/04/16/free-them-kids/#comment-661253 Rosie, You are definitely a jetsetter! I might be ok with non-stop plane rides but trains are a little frightening what with the doors opening and closing at every stop. ;) And this all depends on the kid, of course. I remember taking the subway on my own in high school but no earlier. Rosie, You are definitely a jetsetter! I might be ok with non-stop plane rides but trains are a little frightening what with the doors opening and closing at every stop. ;) And this all depends on the kid, of course. I remember taking the subway on my own in high school but no earlier.

]]> By: Cottontimer http://www.cottontimer.com/2008/04/16/free-them-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-661242 Cottontimer Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:58:15 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2008/04/16/free-them-kids/#comment-661242 mdmhvonpa, Not sure I follow your train of thought here but I also find mud stains to be very difficult to get out even if we wash the clothes right away with stain spray. Grrr. mdmhvonpa, Not sure I follow your train of thought here but I also find mud stains to be very difficult to get out even if we wash the clothes right away with stain spray. Grrr.

]]> By: Rosie http://www.cottontimer.com/2008/04/16/free-them-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-659080 Rosie Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:18:10 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2008/04/16/free-them-kids/#comment-659080 I read the article and LOVED it. But I still don't think I could allow a 9-year-old to catch the subway in NY by his or her self! However, by the age of 11 or so, I do feel that children should be capable of travelling by themselves when it's a relatively enclosed form of travel -- trains, planes. There's more structure, less space for things to go wrong. It's a great way of easing into independant travel. And look at me! travelling round the world by myself since 1994... I read the article and LOVED it. But I still don’t think I could allow a 9-year-old to catch the subway in NY by his or her self!
However, by the age of 11 or so, I do feel that children should be capable of travelling by themselves when it’s a relatively enclosed form of travel — trains, planes. There’s more structure, less space for things to go wrong. It’s a great way of easing into independant travel. And look at me! travelling round the world by myself since 1994…

]]> By: mdmhvonpa http://www.cottontimer.com/2008/04/16/free-them-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-658894 mdmhvonpa Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:54:13 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2008/04/16/free-them-kids/#comment-658894 Yeah ... I'm with you on that. Except I do the laundry and those damn clay stains NEVER come out! Yeah … I’m with you on that. Except I do the laundry and those damn clay stains NEVER come out!

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