http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/i-survived/ Wise Choices. Improved Finances. A Better Life. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:01:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/i-survived/comment-page-1/#comment-19377 Ron Fri, 29 May 2009 00:09:37 +0000 http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/?p=687#comment-19377 Many times! Haha! Many times! Haha!

]]> http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/i-survived/comment-page-1/#comment-19378 Ron Thu, 28 May 2009 23:11:18 +0000 http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/?p=687#comment-19378 Awesome list! Awesome list!

]]> http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/i-survived/comment-page-1/#comment-9966 LDC Thu, 28 May 2009 21:44:56 +0000 http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/?p=687#comment-9966 But, did you RUN WITH SCISSORS?? But, did you RUN WITH SCISSORS??

]]> http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/i-survived/comment-page-1/#comment-9964 seattlemom Thu, 28 May 2009 15:49:54 +0000 http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/?p=687#comment-9964 *Lawn darts! The big heavy ones that could skewer you if you got in the way. *Riding my horse alone along the rural roads for miles, sometimes racing cars at a mad gallop on the highway shoulder. (and I was a pretty red-headed little girl, too, but nobody stole me OR the horse.) *Fishing by myself - I could have fallen in and got giardia or something (I don't sink, I float - been known to fall asleep on my back in the pool.) *Swimming in the cow pond, pushing aside the floating cow, um, poop to get through to deep water. Never got e. coli or bitten by the cottonmouths that overran the pond before I was born. Running barefoot through fresh cow poop just to feel it squish up through my toes, ditto. (Ewwwww!) *Eating dirt (I had 2 big brothers). *Not washing my hands every 5 minutes. *My mother didn't use disinfecting anything except bleach in the laundry. Didn't get sick much as a kid, though. *Switchings and being slapped for having a smart mouth. I even survived having to cut my own switch without being scarred for life. Nowadays my mother would be -under- the jail! Ah, the good old days. There's something to be said for the freedom to do what you please (within reason) when you're a kid. Nowadays kids seem to have every moment of their lives scheduled out: ball practice, ballet lessons, tutoring, you name it. When do they just get to be kids?? *Lawn darts! The big heavy ones that could skewer you if you got in the way.
*Riding my horse alone along the rural roads for miles, sometimes racing cars at a mad gallop on the highway shoulder. (and I was a pretty red-headed little girl, too, but nobody stole me OR the horse.)
*Fishing by myself – I could have fallen in and got giardia or something (I don’t sink, I float – been known to fall asleep on my back in the pool.)
*Swimming in the cow pond, pushing aside the floating cow, um, poop to get through to deep water. Never got e. coli or bitten by the cottonmouths that overran the pond before I was born. Running barefoot through fresh cow poop just to feel it squish up through my toes, ditto. (Ewwwww!)
*Eating dirt (I had 2 big brothers).
*Not washing my hands every 5 minutes.
*My mother didn’t use disinfecting anything except bleach in the laundry. Didn’t get sick much as a kid, though.
*Switchings and being slapped for having a smart mouth. I even survived having to cut my own switch without being scarred for life. Nowadays my mother would be -under- the jail!
Ah, the good old days. There’s something to be said for the freedom to do what you please (within reason) when you’re a kid. Nowadays kids seem to have every moment of their lives scheduled out: ball practice, ballet lessons, tutoring, you name it. When do they just get to be kids??

]]> http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/i-survived/comment-page-1/#comment-9962 Michael Thu, 28 May 2009 15:12:23 +0000 http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/?p=687#comment-9962 I like these lists, too. My parents let me stand up in the front seat of their car when I was young, for example. However, we shouldn't discount the numbers of children who died, were kidnapped, fell seriously ill, were maimed, etc., because of many of these things. Some bad things did happen to some people because of this stuff. How many grieving parents wish they had made their kids wear seatbelts and biking helmets, stay away from construction sites, etc.? I like these lists, too. My parents let me stand up in the front seat of their car when I was young, for example. However, we shouldn’t discount the numbers of children who died, were kidnapped, fell seriously ill, were maimed, etc., because of many of these things. Some bad things did happen to some people because of this stuff. How many grieving parents wish they had made their kids wear seatbelts and biking helmets, stay away from construction sites, etc.?

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