The overprotected kid

[Ironhorse]

Originally Posted by SeeBass

Every time I hear the words "play date" I just want to slap them

My 12 y/o calls it "hangout time". I'm good with that.

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by Aeneas

Had my daughter and I just flying on one of those. Fun.

You cant jump off them, or slow it down though. Thought I'd found the perpetual motion machine.

Haha. Yeah, I was thinking about that. If you managed to jump off, you had better jump far enough ahead that it doesn't clip you when it comes back.

[puckluck2]

I remember the merry go round at the park we used to play at. It was a death trap. Removing it wasn't being over protective. Removing it was absolutely necessary if the City didn't want a dead kid's blood on their hands.

[troutman]

How busy parents are making kids angry


http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/episode...cmp=radioM26FB

[RedCoffee]

Originally Posted by puckluck2

I remember the merry go round at the park we used to play at. It was a death trap. Removing it wasn't being over protective. Removing it was absolutely necessary if the City didn't want a dead kid's blood on their hands.

what about swings? We used to try and go upside down.

[Tron_fdc]

Has anyone ever seen someone do a full loop on one of those big swings? I always "heard" that someone had done it, but it was never confirmed. As an 8 year old we always seemed to think we were right on the cusp of doing it.

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by Locke

Remember when playgrounds were made of wood, steel and those small rocks? Those were the days.

We didn't even have small rocks. It was straight up asphalt until I became "that kid" and fell off the slide breaking my arm and getting stiches. After that, they put sand around the apparatus.

I don't think that I was overprotected, but my parents were very strict about some things. I wasn't allowed to play with toy guns (not even water guns). I would get in trouble even making a shooting gesture with my bare hand. Action figures like GI Joes were also off limits. They were very anti-violence to the point that it was probably socially detrimental when I was really young.

[return to the red]

Originally Posted by Tron_fdc

Has anyone ever seen someone do a full loop on one of those big swings? I always "heard" that someone had done it, but it was never confirmed. As an 8 year old we always seemed to think we were right on the cusp of doing it.

Don't think it's possible. Anytime I ever got close to thinking it was possible the swing would somehow get "slack" on it and you get a little brain jarring thump.

You grew up in Okotoks didn't you? Perhaps go to Big Rock Elementary and play on that awesome play structure they had there?

[Tron_fdc]

There had to be at least one kid brave enough to try it though.

I was at Percy Pegler, we had giant swings and one of those igloo things made out of bars. If you got good at it, you could run up one side and down the other side, which was treacherous. You would never get caught and tagged if you could do it though.

[V]

I always wanted to pull a troutman

We emerged from youth all wide-eyed like the rest
Shedding skin, faster than skin can grow
And armed with hammers, feathers, blunt knives:
Words, to meet and to define
And to... but you must know

[CubicleGeek]

Originally Posted by Tron_fdc

Has anyone ever seen someone do a full loop on one of those big swings? I always "heard" that someone had done it, but it was never confirmed. As an 8 year old we always seemed to think we were right on the cusp of doing it.

Sorry for ruining your childhood.

Myth Busted:

http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/my...way-around.htm

[MrMastodonFarm]

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

We didn't even have small rocks. It was straight up asphalt until I became "that kid" and fell off the slide breaking my arm and getting stiches. After that, they put sand around the apparatus.

I don't think that I was overprotected, but my parents were very strict about some things. I wasn't allowed to play with toy guns (not even water guns). I would get in trouble even making a shooting gesture with my bare hand. Action figures like GI Joes were also off limits. They were very anti-violence to the point that it was probably socially detrimental when I was really young.

Were you that kid that was first to get excited for a water fight but yelled out "I can't get wet!" when it started?

[nik-]

Those small rocks were so annoying. Was it even possible to get them all out of your shoes?

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm

Were you that kid that was first to get excited for a water fight but yelled out "I can't get wet!" when it started?

No, I wasn't that bad. Garden hose for the win.

[RougeUnderoos]

Originally Posted by Sr. Mints

In the early 90s, I went to elementary with a kid whose mom drove to the school at recess and made him sit in the car with her. He was heavily ostracized for this, and eventually went to another school in the middle of grade four.

Now, I wouldn't be surprised if this happened more often--but it seemed highly unusual when I was a kid and 99% of the students lived within 10 blocks from the school (himself included).

Hey, that was me. I think. Did you go to _________ _________ Elementary _______?

Mommy would pick me up and we'd quietly recite prayers in the car. You may think I was ostracized then, but you my friend will be ostracized when it really counts -- in the afterlife!

After prayers we'd listen to the quiet wisdom and common sense of Rutherford On The Radio for 4.5 minutes, then I'd go back to class and judge you all.

Ahh, innocence.

[Flash Walken]

Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos

Hey, that was me. I think. Did you go to _________ _________ Elementary _______?

Mommy would pick me up and we'd quietly recite prayers in the car. You may think I was ostracized then, but you my friend will be ostracized when it really counts -- in the afterlife!

After prayers we'd listen to the quiet wisdom and common sense of Rutherford On The Radio for 4.5 minutes, then I'd go back to class and judge you all.

Ahh, innocence.

When I used to come home for lunch, Rush Limbaugh came on before Rutherford.

[troutman]

Originally Posted by V

I always wanted to pull a troutman

We emerged from youth all wide-eyed like the rest
Shedding skin, faster than skin can grow
And armed with hammers, feathers, blunt knives:
Words, to meet and to define
And to... but you must know

I climb up, spending daylight
Slide down, bankrupt on the other side
Some sweet girl, playing my wife
Runs off with a boy whose bike she'll ride
Playground, it's a playground
Marked by the masters and bruised by the bullies
In the playground, every day ground
Never stop rehearsing, rehearsing for the big square world

Read more: XTC - Playground Lyrics | MetroLyrics

[Rathji]

Originally Posted by puckluck2

I remember the merry go round at the park we used to play at. It was a death trap. Removing it wasn't being over protective. Removing it was absolutely necessary if the City didn't want a dead kid's blood on their hands.

I totally agree on this, I have no idea how someone didnt die when we were spinning them as fast as possible and jumping on and off. I swear, those metal bars hitting kids in the head was a daily occurance.

I think a worse culprit was those big metal horse swings though. Like 75 pound of cast iron metal horse with a kid on it just waiting to brain the kid who walked by without paying attention. They had the place on the front where you could jump from, but if you timed it wrong then the horse was nailing you on the way back.

[Daradon]

Haha, most of the kids who got brained by the horses deserved it. Like you said, not paying attention.

Good way to learn, better a horse swing than a moving car. Isn't that what this thread is all about? Learning about the world through play to improve how you see and act in the word as an adult? Learning the difference between acceptable risks and stupid risks.

Those merry-go-rounds were definitely a little scary though. Another problem with them was the usual ditch that ran around the edge of it and underneath it, sometimes big enough to suck a foot or leg under and twist or break it.