Kids?
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I was driving the kids to school this morning and was telling them how when I was a kid in England I would walk to school. I said that I would call for my friends on the way and we would all walk together there and back ... I also mentioned how it was fun to spend that time chatting with my mates before/after school! The eldest (13) said in a very sarcastic tone, "So you thought that was fun?" I asked him what he meant, but he declined to answer.
I'm wondering whether children in this Country even know anything beyond being driven to school and back by Mom or Dad? Is it really that hard for them to comprehend that walking to and from school with your mates can actually be fun?
This might have nothing to do with this Country, maybe it's the same in the UK now too ... and I'm just out of touch?
I'm wondering whether children in this Country even know anything beyond being driven to school and back by Mom or Dad? Is it really that hard for them to comprehend that walking to and from school with your mates can actually be fun?
This might have nothing to do with this Country, maybe it's the same in the UK now too ... and I'm just out of touch?
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Originally Posted by Guelder Rose
I was driving the kids to school this morning and was telling them how when I was a kid in England I would walk to school. I said that I would call for my friends on the way and we would all walk together there and back ... I also mentioned how it was fun to spend that time chatting with my mates before/after school! The eldest (13) said in a very sarcastic tone, "So you thought that was fun?" I asked him what he meant, but he declined to answer.
I'm wondering whether children in this Country even know anything beyond being driven to school and back by Mom or Dad? Is it really that hard for them to comprehend that walking to and from school with your mates can actually be fun?
This might have nothing to do with this Country, maybe it's the same in the UK now too ... and I'm just out of touch?
I'm wondering whether children in this Country even know anything beyond being driven to school and back by Mom or Dad? Is it really that hard for them to comprehend that walking to and from school with your mates can actually be fun?
This might have nothing to do with this Country, maybe it's the same in the UK now too ... and I'm just out of touch?
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Originally Posted by anotherlimey
I would go out of my way to call on my friends and walk to school with them, that includes secondary school too - and it wasn't all that long ago either.
In my day, I seem to remember that the kids who got taken to and from school by Mom and Dad hated it ... as it cut out that bit of time when they could be with their mates.
I'm thinking maybe it's just a sign of the times ... children these days can't stand the thought of walking for 5 minutes, as if that in itself is some kind of punishment!
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And if they think walking to school was no fun try telling them this (get the violins out too):
When I lived in a village my Dad wouldn't buy me or my brothers/sister any sweets until Sunday morning when we would have to walk to the next village with him to buy them, it was about 6 miles there and back. I found this fun too.
When I lived in a village my Dad wouldn't buy me or my brothers/sister any sweets until Sunday morning when we would have to walk to the next village with him to buy them, it was about 6 miles there and back. I found this fun too.
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Originally Posted by Guelder Rose
So, when you look back, did you have fun walking to and from school with your mates? Would you have thought it more fun for your parents to take you to and from school?
In my day, I seem to remember that the kids who got taken to and from school by Mom and Dad hated it ... as it cut out that bit of time when they could be with their mates.
I'm thinking maybe it's just a sign of the times ... children these days can't stand the thought of walking for 5 minutes, as if that in itself is some kind of punishment!
In my day, I seem to remember that the kids who got taken to and from school by Mom and Dad hated it ... as it cut out that bit of time when they could be with their mates.
I'm thinking maybe it's just a sign of the times ... children these days can't stand the thought of walking for 5 minutes, as if that in itself is some kind of punishment!
I can't remember one of my friends who got a lift to school.
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Originally Posted by anotherlimey
And if they think walking to school was no fun try telling them this (get the violins out too):
When I lived in a village my Dad wouldn't buy me or my brothers/sister any sweets until Sunday morning when we would have to walk to the next village with him to buy them, it was about 6 miles there and back. I found this fun too.
When I lived in a village my Dad wouldn't buy me or my brothers/sister any sweets until Sunday morning when we would have to walk to the next village with him to buy them, it was about 6 miles there and back. I found this fun too.
I had to wait till the weekend too ... Dad would give me just enough to buy a Jamboree Bag or a sherbit dip on Saturday mornings, thus sweets were always a special treat. Here, it would seem, that if you don't have $5.00 a day for the blinkin' ice cream van you are ill treating them!
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Because I was the eldest in the street (14) I was in charge of the younger children who would walk to school. I was paid 2 shillings a week by the mothers and bought my first LP by the Beatles and I still have it 42 years later. June
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Originally Posted by anotherlimey
Well I thought it was fun. It was the thing that everyone did who lived within about 3 miles of the school - I had moved to a town at this point.
I can't remember one of my friends who got a lift to school.
I can't remember one of my friends who got a lift to school.
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Because I was the eldest in the street (14) I was in charge of the younger children who would walk to school. I was paid 2 shillings a week by the mothers and bought my first LP by the Beatles and I still have it 42 years later. June
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Originally Posted by Guelder Rose
I can only remember a couple of kids who got a lift to school ... if they lived too far to walk they would get the bus ... and that was fun too!
Oh I remember the days..... !
Maybe kids are just spoilt, getting everything given to them on a plate. I had to pay half the money towards my first bike!
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Woudn't have done it any other way. We always thought that the kids who got a lift were rather, er, lame.
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Originally Posted by anotherlimey
I used to get the bus to school from the village to the local town when I started secondary school and before I moved to town.
Oh I remember the days..... !
Maybe kids are just spoilt, getting everything given to them on a plate. I had to pay half the money towards my first bike!
Oh I remember the days..... !
Maybe kids are just spoilt, getting everything given to them on a plate. I had to pay half the money towards my first bike!
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Originally Posted by AdobePinon
Woudn't have done it any other way. We always thought that the kids who got a lift were rather, er, lame.
Private ed might have been different on that score though ...
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Originally Posted by Guelder Rose
Oh god, yes, now I remember ... the kids who got a lift hated it because it just wasn't done to have Mummy and Daddy take you to and from school!
The meant a 'mummy's boy' comment for sure.
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Originally Posted by AdobePinon
Woudn't have done it any other way. We always thought that the kids who got a lift were rather, er, lame.
The walk home from school was when all the faction happened -- fights, flirting etc...