"And seriously, the more they try to protect kids from themselves, the more we raise a generation of incapable, incompetent imbeciles who are afraid to do anything because they might get a bruise or a scratch."
Agreed. And this is coming from a person whose childhood adventures include building a fort out of sheet metal, walking barefoot across the chemically-contaminated industrial site we lived next to (strange, nothing was growing there... ), and climbing at least a quarter of the way up a TV tower. Oh, and trees!
And what do you know, I've turned out to be a pretty cautious person as an adult... Except for certain little bad habits, like staying in cheap hostels in foreign countries and eating street food in Mexico. Which was delicious.
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Date: 2010-02-01 03:16 am (UTC)Agreed. And this is coming from a person whose childhood adventures include building a fort out of sheet metal, walking barefoot across the chemically-contaminated industrial site we lived next to (strange, nothing was growing there... ), and climbing at least a quarter of the way up a TV tower. Oh, and trees!
And what do you know, I've turned out to be a pretty cautious person as an adult... Except for certain little bad habits, like staying in cheap hostels in foreign countries and eating street food in Mexico. Which was delicious.