tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post998939546486136084..comments2024-03-28T11:20:42.680-05:00Comments on Althouse: "Since 1965, women with children have logged increasingly more time watching television and driving..."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-15449133517314588632013-12-05T05:58:46.336-06:002013-12-05T05:58:46.336-06:00This is a very good blog full of information. Exce...This is a very good blog full of information. Excellent material over here . Do watch movies on <a href="http://panasonictvindia.blogspot.in/2013/12/television.html%22" rel="nofollow"><b>Television</b></a> to enjoy and have fun Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11811559881371244068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-24237505684996630112013-12-04T18:09:49.387-06:002013-12-04T18:09:49.387-06:00My mother never learned to drive so that was out.
...My mother never learned to drive so that was out.<br /><br />Kids played with kids.<br /><br />I would have fainted dead away if my father ever went to a game I was in.<br /><br />I crossed busy streets to walk to kindergarten. It was five blocks and, after a nun smacked me with a ruler, I stopped going.<br /><br />Some friends of my father had a nursery and flower shop next to the school playground. I started going to their shop and helping in the nursery instead of going to kindergarten. They thought nothing of it as they knew me well.<br /><br />I could hear the bell ring at the school next door and would say goodbye to the folks at the nursery and walk home. The school never called my mother to tell her I wasn't here.<br /><br />Fortunately for me, we sold our house and moved in November. My mother never knew I played hookey until I told her years later.<br /><br />And I seemed to survive.Michael Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18127450762129879267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-18113026768815335372013-12-04T16:17:03.746-06:002013-12-04T16:17:03.746-06:00The other AA nails it in respect to the driving.The other AA nails it in respect to the driving.Known Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15029003649395214104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-11057268841019522452013-12-04T14:31:28.689-06:002013-12-04T14:31:28.689-06:00There have been some reported cases of parents act...There have been some reported cases of parents actually being accosted by the police and warned about the dangers of allowing their children to walk somewhere. Ridiculous.<br /><br />I highly recommend the website FreeRange Kids. The writer is doing a great service, although it's an uphill battle, by promoting independence and self-sufficiency in childhood. Julie Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07690671242789619416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-56956744942746487332013-12-04T14:21:59.195-06:002013-12-04T14:21:59.195-06:00This holds true for longer time frames as well. Si...This holds true for longer time frames as well. Since 1950 or 1900 or 1520. It's just one long decline.<br /><br />Unless I'm guessing wrong and 1964 was some kind of golden age for mom driving.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/05/10/happy-mothers-day-from-autoblog/" rel="nofollow">Take a look:</a> <br /><br />"Hey, peanut, let's drive to Sears and watch all the televisions!"<br /><br />"Thanks Mom!"<br /><br />* * *<br /><br />From the article: "It’s not clear what the solution is here."<br /><br />I'm sorry. What makes you think you've identified a problem?Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14520113896946845614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-5974417247337981372013-12-04T13:52:29.555-06:002013-12-04T13:52:29.555-06:00In 1965 there was no Oprah or Lifetime Movie Chann...In 1965 there was no Oprah or Lifetime Movie Channel. Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07837540030934495651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-35959057637965152982013-12-04T13:22:32.675-06:002013-12-04T13:22:32.675-06:00There's not only the spanking, but chasing the...There's not only the spanking, but chasing the kid down first.Sorunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01024561849195222416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-39185579485838142782013-12-04T12:44:30.800-06:002013-12-04T12:44:30.800-06:00"Since 1965, women with children have logged ..."<i>Since 1965, women with children have logged <b>increasingly more time watching television</b></i>"<br /><br />Paging rhhardin...<br /><br />Kirk Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05921711310191924997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-10098421572806011422013-12-04T11:27:28.603-06:002013-12-04T11:27:28.603-06:00In olden days, you didn't have to chauffeur yo...In olden days, you didn't have to chauffeur your kids around like you do today. If I wanted to join a club team, it was available within easy biking distance. If I wanted to go for a swim; I could ask, give a time when I'd be back, and walk out the door to the community pool at the high school. Friends were within walking distance, and we arranged to see our friends ourselves, not with chauffeured and over-seen "play dates." We didn't get driven to and from school, unless the weather was particularly awful, which only happened about 3 times a year (in Milwaukee.)<br /><br />Not-so-fun fact: most kids injured by cars on their way to school, are injured by cars driven by other parents driving *their* kids to school. In other words, if we would just get kick our kids out of our cars and make them walk, they'd be safer.Auntie Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05777983027361603449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-81483933315000133442013-12-04T10:07:24.433-06:002013-12-04T10:07:24.433-06:00Moms: Always blamed, always denigrated. Cain'...Moms: Always blamed, always denigrated. Cain't do nuthin right.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-91525271749787803672013-12-04T09:58:34.382-06:002013-12-04T09:58:34.382-06:00Are they using driving as a stand in for independe...Are they using driving as a stand in for independence?Matt Sablanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15885240752820005149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-8022228508983575652013-12-04T09:58:09.947-06:002013-12-04T09:58:09.947-06:00Housework used to take more work. Vacuums were hea...Housework used to take more work. Vacuums were heavier. Carpets needed beating. Dishwashers were rare luxuries. Laundry needed hanging on the line. <br /><br />All those modern conveniences Pope Benedict praised for 'liberating' women have made us sluggish and fat!! Now we're free to comment on blogs when we would have been running the house!<br />Deirdre Mundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14357363160387734552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-53709318931589011962013-12-04T09:55:20.627-06:002013-12-04T09:55:20.627-06:00"Now we put them in boring boxes in the back...."Now we put them in boring boxes in the back. It gives them one percent more chance to survive an accident, but it's still child abuse. "<br /><br />Unless the parent forgets they're there and leaves them in a hot car. Fortunately, my children grew up in the pre-car seat world and survived very nicely.<br /><br />I ran a trauma center for years and never saw a case where a car seat, or its absence, was a factor.Michael Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18127450762129879267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-32567662747106406912013-12-04T09:54:11.771-06:002013-12-04T09:54:11.771-06:00Chauffeuring dogs.
And go out and play means with...<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/25072255@N05/3876107804" rel="nofollow">Chauffeuring</a> dogs.<br /><br />And go out and play means with you.rhhardinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06901742898653890646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-50594885644659175252013-12-04T09:51:58.091-06:002013-12-04T09:51:58.091-06:00"… but it's still child abuse."
Tha..."… but it's still child abuse."<br /><br />That reminds me. In the old days, mothers used to spank their kids. That's exercise. Now, they just speak to them and assign them time outs and so forth. Sedentary!Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-75098771815908796022013-12-04T09:41:35.881-06:002013-12-04T09:41:35.881-06:00"Chauffeuring the kids around used to count a..."Chauffeuring the kids around used to count as one of the child-rearing tasks" because the kids sat in the front seat like normal people and interacted with their parents. Now we put them in boring boxes in the back. It gives them one percent more chance to survive an accident, but it's still child abuse.Walter S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11466175083397261802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-12056361567941046422013-12-04T09:39:12.091-06:002013-12-04T09:39:12.091-06:00Nose drops. At first I hated nose drops, so my mo...Nose drops. At first I hated nose drops, so my mother would have to chase me and pin my shoulders with her knees to administer the drops.<br /><br />Then I didn't mind the drops so much, but I loved the chasing and pinning. What little boy wouldn't?Wincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15002449963597087316noreply@blogger.com