On 9/7/2014 7:42 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

> Kids are over protected in many cases. Recently a mother in NYC was
> taken to task for letting her son take the subway home alone When I was
> 8, I'd take a bus, train, then trolly to go to my grandmothers house.
> Couple of years older, we'd take the same route even longer to center
> city Philadelphia.
>
> After school, we'd get on our bikes and be gone until dinner time.

Same here, even in the dodgy neighborhood we lived in when I was
young.

> We thought nothing of it yet we are raising a generation of sissies.

Just a couple of days ago, I noticed school was back in session
because all the parents were waiting for the bus with their kids.
I thought to myself, poor kids are never left with a moment to
themselves any more.

nancy