Recently I started letting my 8 and 6 year old daughters walk with a friend to their dance class after school. The idea being that I don't have to run back and forth so much on Wednesdays. The thing is these kids are not natural "rule followers" and I don't trust them at all. So I went the first time to observe them. That first day they broke like eight rules during the walk as I screamed at them from my hiding place across the street. "Stay in the crosswalk!!" "No running!!" "That's a driveway! You have to stop and look!!" "NO! You can't cut through the hardware store!!" Since then I have been too stressed not to show up every Wednesday to make sure they make it safely to dance. Totally defeats the purpose of letting them walk.
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Kristen
No Running? For real? And how are you they going to get their five finger discounts if they don't cut through the hardware store?
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Katie
Gone are the days of "Be home by dark". I would have been a good 70s parent.
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Tiffany
Well said Noods. I actually would have considered breeding in the 70's. You could smoke, drink and let the kids drink out of the hose. Although Janice took that mentality well into the 90's.
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katie