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Lazarus said:yup - got my vote Brooky.
Sometimes its hard, but unless you have kids of your own (imho) shut the fuck up about how to raise them.
Mine are 10 and 5 - and they play outside, but we live in a quiet area and they know where they can and cant go.
Better to teach kids limits than cage them up in the house.
I do have kids of my own. One two year old and one due at the end of July so maybe i don't know shit.
As i said earlier i was harsh on brooky and this thread has gone way off the topic.
My experience is as follows:
I privately rent a house on a council estate (cheap rent) which has a bit of a reputation. The kids on the estate are kicked out of there parents house in the morning and not allowed back in until a certain time at night. When it rains there parents chuck coats out the door to them. Sometimes there are 8 year old kids still out playing football in the dark at 10pm!!!! and I have seen a two year old left in the care of a ten year old.
These kids have no respect for anyone elses property. They thought it was acceptable to set up a goal in our front garden!!!! One even came into our back garden for a look around. I have seen them smash down peoples fences to save climbing over them to get their balls back.
Why are these kids like this? Because there parent can't be arsed to bring them up. 2 of the 8 year olds have been held back a year in school maybe rather than kicking them out of the house every night and all weekend maybe they should spend some time with them teaching them things through play etc..
I agree that kids should be allowed to mix with other kids and play outside. Thats why houses have back gardens, the power of speech allows people to invite other people kids around to play & schools exist. Parents could also take their kids to the park to socialise with other kids.
I guess what i am trying to say is all i see these days is people having kids but not willing to put the time in with them. How are kids supposed to grow up knowing the difference between right and wrong if they are getting the majority of their education from other kids who don't also have any guidance from their parents. You cant deny that kids get worse and worse behaved as the years go on and that can only be down to the current parenting culture.
This may or may not be Brooky and i was wrong to make the guess that it was. Apologies again.