Comments on: More on “Where have all the children gone” http://www.starkeith.net/coredump/2008/04/11/more-on-where-have-all-the-children-gone/ What you get when my brain crashes... Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:24:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Keithius http://www.starkeith.net/coredump/2008/04/11/more-on-where-have-all-the-children-gone/#comment-96894 Keithius Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:33:33 +0000 http://www.starkeith.net/coredump/?p=1075#comment-96894 It is a sad state of affairs when even children in relatively rural areas aren't allowed to wander beyond their own yard. There's <a href="http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/06_02/playgraphicDM1406_736x800.jpg" rel="nofollow">this link</a> that Bruce Schneier pointed out, showing how far a generation ago was allowed to go, compared with the current generation of children (it is a map of an area in the UK). It is sad because I think roaming around is a good thing, something fundamental and very important in the development of children - it certainly was for me. When we take that away from children, we "stunt" them, limiting their growth. In other words, we hold them back too much, and in doing so, we hurt them. So sad... It is a sad state of affairs when even children in relatively rural areas aren’t allowed to wander beyond their own yard. There’s this link that Bruce Schneier pointed out, showing how far a generation ago was allowed to go, compared with the current generation of children (it is a map of an area in the UK).

It is sad because I think roaming around is a good thing, something fundamental and very important in the development of children - it certainly was for me. When we take that away from children, we “stunt” them, limiting their growth. In other words, we hold them back too much, and in doing so, we hurt them.

So sad…

]]> By: Keith Bertelsen http://www.starkeith.net/coredump/2008/04/11/more-on-where-have-all-the-children-gone/#comment-96887 Keith Bertelsen Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:52:07 +0000 http://www.starkeith.net/coredump/?p=1075#comment-96887 I was contemplating this just this morning as I heard about the whole thing...and what I would actually attribute it to is our current "disconnection" in life. For whatever reason, it feels like people are getting more and more paranoid of each other and more and more disconnected from each other. What this breeds is suspicion and eventually hatred; our children are what we can apply this to. I was contemplating this just this morning as I heard about the whole thing…and what I would actually attribute it to is our current “disconnection” in life. For whatever reason, it feels like people are getting more and more paranoid of each other and more and more disconnected from each other.

What this breeds is suspicion and eventually hatred; our children are what we can apply this to.

]]> By: Adam http://www.starkeith.net/coredump/2008/04/11/more-on-where-have-all-the-children-gone/#comment-96868 Adam Mon, 14 Apr 2008 02:39:38 +0000 http://www.starkeith.net/coredump/?p=1075#comment-96868 It's true that I wandered about a lot when I was young, but I don't think I'd feel safe, even now, in New York alone. It's not that I wouldn't trust my son or daughter, but I've noticed the higher density of people, the worse there seems to be. It’s true that I wandered about a lot when I was young, but I don’t think I’d feel safe, even now, in New York alone. It’s not that I wouldn’t trust my son or daughter, but I’ve noticed the higher density of people, the worse there seems to be.

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