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Popular old games for children

Children are often found on electronic devices now and don’t really get much opportunity to play outside. When I was growing up, many of the children in my neighborhood would play together and they learned social skills this way. Many different games were played in the neighborhood that did not require much time or money…

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Parenting

When people become parents, they may raise their children differently than others. Some parents may be strict with their children and their time. Other parents may be into the gentle parenting style and want their children to be sensitive individuals. We all have our preferences for the way that we parent our children. Some parents…

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Television Shows

What has happened to our culture and shows that are offered on tv now ? When I was growing up we had shows such as the Brady Bunch, Waltons and Little House on the Prairie. These shows taught lessons to kids and allowed children to learn about family. I don’t really see any of these…

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about

I’m a fifty something woman who raised two boys and is enjoying the second half of my life. I was a stay-at-home mom for years and I’m now discovering a different side to life. I enjoyed being there for my kids even though the days were hectic I will always cherish them. I’m currently exploring my creative side after working in human services and education for a bit. I hope to make writing a full-time side business in some way. Writing has always been a passion of mine and I would love to make a living doing it. Blogging has allowed me to follow a passion of mine and share my experiences with others. I hope to share with others what I know about child development and parenting.

Freedom

What does freedom mean to you? Can you imagine going through every day of your life and not having freedom? Freedom means the ability to do things without the sense of control over you all the time. It means having choices as to what you can do and when you can do them.

Freedom means having choices over your life and what you can do with those choices. It means the opportunity to go for a walk in the park without permission. It means the opportunity to have a career and earn your own money so you can prosper. Freedom means you can walk about freely doing the things you enjoy in life without being hindered. It means dancing in the streets if you choose to do so. It means having a chance to express yourself without others monitoring your every word or movement. For some this is not a reality and will never be a reality for them. They may live a country that does not allow for certain freedoms. Someone may be brought up in an authoritarian environment that does not allow them to have self government.

Freedom is a beautiful thing and should never be taken for granted. Those who are free are given rights that others only dream of having in their lives. Freedom is never totally free. The military fights to protect our country so we can have certain freedoms in our lives. We should be thankful for the freedoms we have been given in life and enjoy them. Other countries are not as lucky as us to be able to have the same freedoms that US citizens are afforded.

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    David

    It is very hard to be totally free, in that we all need the basic necessities of survival – water, food, shelter, (usually) clothing, and we need to do something to get these, plus any other goods and luxuries we desire. In this context freedom means that society provides the opportunity to gain these necessities in a safe and dignified manner. Beyond that, we need to be in control of our environment enough to be safe and healthy and free to do what we want so long as it does not impose on others’ freedoms. For example we should be able to walk around our neighbourhood and shopping centres without fear, send our children off to school without needing to drop them off because it is not safe for them to be alone, not fear for their lives at school, not fear to take a day of sick leave because it might cost us our job, or worse still bankrupt us with medical bills, be able to follow whatever religion we want, without fear, wear what we want, openly express our sexual orientation without judgement, and generally be able to interact with people without needing the right mask to be socially acceptable.
    I would say I can tick almost all those off where I liv, so I feel free.

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      kimsenecal

      Hi David, I always enjoy your comments on here. Yes I agree with you on the fact that we all need to be able to provide for our basic necessities in life and do so in a dignified manner. I can speak for myself when I say as a teen, I held some pretty rough jobs just to have money that I was not the best suited for and they were not the best suited for me. Control one’s environment is not always possible depending on where you grew up and also your family dynamics.
      The calling out of work thing for being sick was something I always worried about and recently did get sick but, went to work anyway thinking I might lose my job which was worse than being sick.
      One should be able to feel safe where they are and feel their family is safe as well. People should be able to express who they are openly without out judgement, and I truly wish we lived in a world like this but, we do not. Unfortunately, there will always be those people who will judge or be prejudice toward others.

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