Man its been a while!
I was watching several young teens playing catch yesterday, in the rain. Bear in mind that we live in the Pacific North West where rain is part of life, and we know many modes of rain. Most modes of rain are quite tolerable for the North Westerner. Yesterday's rain was a very mild drizzle, just enough to make and keep things wet.
As I watched these kids running around playing catch with a foot ball, one of the fathers came outside and ordered the kids inside to play video games, because it was raining, and he didn't want them to get sick.
Wow! Maybe there is something to the generation of kids that stay inside and play videos, rather than stay outside in mild weather playing catch. It may not be the kids, but the parents who create that mental conditioning. Maybe kids want to go outside and play, fish, run, ride a bike, skateboard, or hide and seek. Maybe parents remove the fun of going outside and playing.
Helmets, knee pads, elbow pads, first aid kits, "Play where I can see you," "Stay out of the bushes," "Don't get too close to the water," and "Fishing hooks are gross!" All are requirements and statements made by a parent to a kid wanting to play. I'm not saying safety gear is bad. I am saying that kids really don't have a place to learn, moderate, and take risk anymore accept in video games, where they "die" if something goes wrong.
I guess "dying" over and over and over, on video games, is preferable to an occasional scrape, bloody nose, broken bone, or bruised ego. I'm pretty sure that the scars I obtained, as I was "learning" life before the age of 18, would be seen as some kind of child abuse today, but every one of my scars is a lesson in life.
Chicks used to dig scars. Hockey is still number one! 220V Power tools and chainsaws rock! Old V8 Cars sound cool! Sailing someone else's boat in crappy weather is great fun!
Scars? Sure, I got a few well earned scars!
Campy Out!
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