Armed Citizen
Sharpshooter
I was telling my 12 year old son the things the kids of my generation used to do for fun. (I'm 39 years old). He looked at me like I was crazy. So I thought it would be fun to start a thread of the things that the "older" people did as kids.
1) Kick ball in the street at night under the street light
2) Finding crawl-dads in the creek by Christian Park. There are now signs posted claiming that bacteria or pollutants can cause sickness or death. I waded in that creek all summer long as a kid. I turned out ok.
3) My parents did not have any money, so I would repaint my bike summer after summer. All the kids would do that.
4) The old plywood and large cement brick bike ramp was always a blast.
5) Hide-and-go-seek
6) Finding our own fishing worms at night. the old flashlight and red tape trick.
7) Building club houses or tree houses.
8) BB gun wars. Sorry to all my neighbors for all the broken windows. Believe me when I tell you my but is still sore from dad's leather belt.
9) Catching lightning bugs
10) My all time favorite, kissing the neighborhood girls.
Plus, when I wanted to buy something, I would earn it by cutting grass, rake leaves, shoveling snow, any old odd job. I learned the value of a dollar that way.
Keep this going, I want my kids to realize that there is more to life as a child than IPODS, IPHONES, FACEBOOK, TEXTING, STAYING IN THE HOUSE PLAYING VIDEO GAMES.
1) Kick ball in the street at night under the street light
2) Finding crawl-dads in the creek by Christian Park. There are now signs posted claiming that bacteria or pollutants can cause sickness or death. I waded in that creek all summer long as a kid. I turned out ok.
3) My parents did not have any money, so I would repaint my bike summer after summer. All the kids would do that.
4) The old plywood and large cement brick bike ramp was always a blast.
5) Hide-and-go-seek
6) Finding our own fishing worms at night. the old flashlight and red tape trick.
7) Building club houses or tree houses.
8) BB gun wars. Sorry to all my neighbors for all the broken windows. Believe me when I tell you my but is still sore from dad's leather belt.
9) Catching lightning bugs
10) My all time favorite, kissing the neighborhood girls.
Plus, when I wanted to buy something, I would earn it by cutting grass, rake leaves, shoveling snow, any old odd job. I learned the value of a dollar that way.
Keep this going, I want my kids to realize that there is more to life as a child than IPODS, IPHONES, FACEBOOK, TEXTING, STAYING IN THE HOUSE PLAYING VIDEO GAMES.