Comments on: The Art of Manliness… http://vabeachbabies.com/?p=700 Information and ideas about raising happy, healthy children in Virginia Beach, VA. Tue, 01 Jun 2010 18:05:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Nicole http://vabeachbabies.com/?p=700&cpage=1#comment-1081 Nicole Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:11:33 +0000 http://vabeachbabies.com/?p=700#comment-1081 (accidentally clicked submit. continuing...) Only twice have I seen somewhat of a barrier around a big old hole, and sometimes I feel like I'm walking strangely close to a backhoe or something. But everyone here takes it in stride and is more aware and cautious. I think I like that mentality better. I think it's terrible when parents lose children who simply did something stupid, but I also think it's a shame that they have the opportunity to place the blame somewhere else for their rebellious and defiant kids. Man that was long--my apologies! (accidentally clicked submit. continuing…)

Only twice have I seen somewhat of a barrier around a big old hole, and sometimes I feel like I’m walking strangely close to a backhoe or something. But everyone here takes it in stride and is more aware and cautious. I think I like that mentality better. I think it’s terrible when parents lose children who simply did something stupid, but I also think it’s a shame that they have the opportunity to place the blame somewhere else for their rebellious and defiant kids.

Man that was long–my apologies!

]]> By: Nicole http://vabeachbabies.com/?p=700&cpage=1#comment-1080 Nicole Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:57:58 +0000 http://vabeachbabies.com/?p=700#comment-1080 I really dig the philosophy behind what this guy is saying. Living in Europe has given me new eyes for the overly cautious structure of our society (America's, that is.) There's an expectation that things must either have no chance of danger or be forbidden. The trouble with it is that kids don't learn how to be safe or responsible, and then there's always someone else to blame when a person doesn't have any common sense. For example, a friend in Maryland had a case in her neighborhood where some drunk teenage boys broke into a construction site, one of them died on some heavy machinery, and now they're suing the construction company because the site wasn't secure enough. Here I have to walk across a particular street everyday that's being completely torn up I really dig the philosophy behind what this guy is saying. Living in Europe has given me new eyes for the overly cautious structure of our society (America’s, that is.) There’s an expectation that things must either have no chance of danger or be forbidden. The trouble with it is that kids don’t learn how to be safe or responsible, and then there’s always someone else to blame when a person doesn’t have any common sense.

For example, a friend in Maryland had a case in her neighborhood where some drunk teenage boys broke into a construction site, one of them died on some heavy machinery, and now they’re suing the construction company because the site wasn’t secure enough. Here I have to walk across a particular street everyday that’s being completely torn up

]]> By: Kimball http://vabeachbabies.com/?p=700&cpage=1#comment-1073 Kimball Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:04:54 +0000 http://vabeachbabies.com/?p=700#comment-1073 Amen! Amen!

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