tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post4385188240871468441..comments2024-03-27T16:19:53.023+00:00Comments on Friko's World: Children's PlaytimeFrikohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-79820540737412775402009-11-02T20:24:34.893+00:002009-11-02T20:24:34.893+00:00Lane Savant - thank you for visiting, we agree o...Lane Savant - thank you for visiting, we agree on every point and I (Friko) am the person who wrote what you quote.Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-82758241750813152192009-11-02T19:55:49.722+00:002009-11-02T19:55:49.722+00:00Good post.
Tragic that headlines are more importan...Good post.<br />Tragic that headlines are more important than children's lives.<br />Childhood is where society is formed.<br />People raised on paranoia will create a paranoid society.<br />The person who realizes that "kids actually respond to being spoken to thoughtfully and with respect" is a wise one.<br /><br />BTW, Thanks for visiting my site.Lane Savanthttp://stellamartis.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-46091507236808221922009-11-02T17:13:42.323+00:002009-11-02T17:13:42.323+00:00guild-rez - I don't know how to change anyth...guild-rez - I don't know how to change anything, Gisela, the parents obviously are in a perpetual state of fear; it is they who should recognize what they are doing.<br /><br />English Rider - a good rant, obviously i have hit a nerve. Bully for you for taking on the kids. I too have done similarly in the past and found that kids actually respond to being spoken to thoughtfully and with Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-84779078082418220612009-10-31T01:26:30.367+00:002009-10-31T01:26:30.367+00:00Anonymity has a lot to do with it. People move aro...Anonymity has a lot to do with it. People move around more and don't know/care about/trust (fill in the blanks) their neighbors. The car culture also separates us from one another. Then there is the culture of success where it doesn't matter if you cheat or behave badly, as long as you win. Underlined again and again by celebrities and sports people who do awful things and avoid English Riderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712384532126551307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-89808201672528001382009-10-30T21:04:44.966+00:002009-10-30T21:04:44.966+00:00Hello Friko.
It is a different world..
Violence in...Hello Friko.<br />It is a different world..<br />Violence in schools and public spaces have<br />resulted in behaviour modifications from all of us including parents, caregivers and school teachers.<br />In Toronto schools you'll find security guards and very soon sniffer dogs that would seek out guns in student lockers and other hiding places.<br />Can we change our society for the next Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-86669295494368150952009-10-30T20:43:39.117+00:002009-10-30T20:43:39.117+00:00Hi everybody -
one reply fits all, once again.
I...Hi everybody -<br /><br />one reply fits all, once again.<br />It seems that I wasn't so far out when I wrote this; I was afraid that I would get lots of mothers berating me for not seeing the dangers out there in the big world and to keep my well-meant advice to myself.<br />But no, commonsense prevails. So how are we going to change things for the next generation?Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-76085350512568550242009-10-30T11:58:38.564+00:002009-10-30T11:58:38.564+00:00I was amamzed when we visited my sister last week ...I was amamzed when we visited my sister last week to discover that there were lots of children in the neighbour hood. We only saw two outside, and English modern houses just do not seem to have gardens big enough to explore and play in! <br /><br />Ours are in the midst of conker collecting and for ever outside building dens digging holes and making bows and arrows, it may mean the garden looks her at homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553181592011484686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-43757028300357307892009-10-29T20:48:16.931+00:002009-10-29T20:48:16.931+00:00These are indeed sad times. We don't seem to ...These are indeed sad times. We don't seem to be able to tread a middle ground between over-protection and reackless abandonment.Argenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10532506690426639326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-81378102704922337242009-10-29T15:16:14.087+00:002009-10-29T15:16:14.087+00:00There is a danger of the perception of increased r...There is a danger of the perception of increased risk vs the actual risk of danger - parents are afraid to let their kids out of their site, when the biggest risk still remains with people that are known to parents and kids and not with strangers (sad, but true).<br /><br />Lack of parental control is largely responsible for a decline in behaviour - if parents don't give a consistent message Don't Feed The Pixieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05380146661526476947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-68152687208106066962009-10-29T14:01:13.163+00:002009-10-29T14:01:13.163+00:00I agree, I agree. It impacts teaching, too, in th...I agree, I agree. It impacts teaching, too, in that taking a class of kids to a theatre involves so much Risk Assessing and Checking For Possible Terrorist/Nuclear/Earthquake Possibility that it just doesn't seem worth it for what is about six hours' extra paperwork. Bah.Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-27739645445850972852009-10-29T07:53:59.419+00:002009-10-29T07:53:59.419+00:00Oh here here. You are speaking words from my hear...Oh here here. You are speaking words from my heart Friko. We are lucky enough to live in my family home with a very large 'safe' garden where as a child I was able to hide, make dens, climb trees and explore and my children were lucky enough to be allowed the freedom to do the same. Oh yes there were times when they did things that would make your hair curl with anxiety [some of which Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12564678114875826791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-91164802961822155822009-10-29T03:59:04.154+00:002009-10-29T03:59:04.154+00:00Amen, sister.
Aloha, Friend!
Comfort SpiralAmen, sister.<br /><br /><br /><br />Aloha, Friend!<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://comfortspiral.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Comfort Spiral</a>Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-43726307322644263052009-10-29T02:46:32.202+00:002009-10-29T02:46:32.202+00:00Ah Friko, how you encourage me to rant!...but firs...Ah Friko, how you encourage me to rant!...but first, conkers. On Friday as I drove through the wind and rain my windshield was hit by a huge conker - scared the daylights out of me!<br />Ok, now children and play. It's a sad state of affairs when parents have bought the media hype about the world being a more dangerous/violent place. Statistics tell us that this just isn't so. The Pondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-16877730765664705112009-10-29T01:59:27.873+00:002009-10-29T01:59:27.873+00:00Right on! When everyone is a suspect you can barel...Right on! When everyone is a suspect you can barely smile at a child without fearing their mother is afraid of you. <br /><br />The idea that children need private lives to develop makes a lot of sense to me. <br /><br />Here in America it's Halloween. Kids never come to my neighborhood for candy (and it's a good neighborhood). They go to stores and shopping malls, and never without an Mark Kerstetterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13307987573435067415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-980514300362713202009-10-29T01:06:07.545+00:002009-10-29T01:06:07.545+00:00Life north of Hamburg was filled with many an adve...Life north of Hamburg was filled with many an adventure and hours to be spend between sky high trees, stealing corn, apples and alike during the harvest months.<br />Life south of the city centre of Athens, does provide a much different way of life. Having houses too high for the sun to reach down, cars and busses passing by 24/7 provides even danger, as they do not at all take care of children, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-75350834835953547432009-10-29T01:01:23.853+00:002009-10-29T01:01:23.853+00:00A great Friko musing, Friko. Children literally d...A great Friko musing, Friko. Children literally do not have any free time: sports take up a tremendous amount of after-school time, and then there are dozens of lessons such as Spanish (ah, French; ah, German), dance, gymnastics, arts-and-crafts, you name it, to take up the rest. I like what Prospero said, too: what about imagination and hands-on learning? Playing with blocks or in a sandbox Margaret Pangerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09995968579194433270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-53272083918348844332009-10-28T23:37:35.080+00:002009-10-28T23:37:35.080+00:00Friko, say what you really think.Friko, say what you really think.Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-39883421120739863792009-10-28T22:49:10.261+00:002009-10-28T22:49:10.261+00:00I think that children should be taught music in sc...I think that children should be taught music in school (it's always the first program to get cut). It's all about imagination and the dreadful consequences of its attrition.Prosperohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07114988815558549577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-2244206641897627962009-10-28T21:13:45.690+00:002009-10-28T21:13:45.690+00:00Friko, I agree with you so wholeheartedly that I c...Friko, I agree with you so wholeheartedly that I could have written this blog myself, though perhaps less eloquently. Let them out, let them play.Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-79500842451747432402009-10-28T20:25:59.820+00:002009-10-28T20:25:59.820+00:00Just yesterday I noticed wonderful shiny conkers o...Just yesterday I noticed wonderful shiny conkers on the ground after a windy day. I had the urge to scoop them up and take them home to show and share the rich colors and smooth, yet uneven shapes. I couldn't think of anyone to share them with who would appreciate them so I left them laying there, in the hope a child would find and enjoy them.English Riderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712384532126551307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-27039482677751142602009-10-28T18:52:13.524+00:002009-10-28T18:52:13.524+00:00Friko I totally agree with you. Apparently the sit...Friko I totally agree with you. Apparently the situation is a little worse in the UK but the same is going on here just a little bit more low key.Ivyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12304906179807218201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-42886435196682291812009-10-28T18:31:08.173+00:002009-10-28T18:31:08.173+00:00I agree but living in the United States violence h...I agree but living in the United States violence has increased in schools tremendously. To see your setting where you are would be ideal. We were left to our own devices. We had tag, hop scotch and so many things but any more there is never a day goes by that there are not at least one child killed because they would not join a gang or some crazy thing. In fact I just hope my great grandkids Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02272388069537746789noreply@blogger.com