Saturday, July 11, 2009

Still enjoying that child called Tyler. He's excited because he has a new degree of freedom in this small town. He can ride his borrowed bike across the bay bridge to his friends house, then find his way back to the market the next day. Before he never rode around more than the condo's they lived in. He and his mom now occupy my house in Connecticut and they are miles from everything and he can't go that far, it's not so safe there. For the first few days that he was here I drove him around and explained the lay of the land and quizzed him on how he would get home to me, he caught on pretty quickly, then his friend took him on a six mile ride, he was exhausted but happy when they got back. So now he ventures forth alone a bit and I think that he relishes that freedom,but I keep a watch nonetheless. I know that he has good guardian angels too, he's an old soul, but it never hurts to keep an eye. I wish children could be safe always, I wish they had the freedom we had so many years ago to just be children. Tyler spends way too much time texting but I'm glad that he has that little beast with him, just in case. I just wish he would look around a little more. We went to a Pure Prairie League concert tonight and I had him shut it off, oops, I shut mine off too, have to go turn it back on LOL, his momma will call me to see how he is doing. It's all good......

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  1. Sometimes we have to be a little bit brave and let them find their own way. I bet your grandson loves his freedom. It is the only way he will learn his limits. I think our modern society has gone overboard with the way we mollycoddle kids. Friends we know who let their kids have a bit more freedom have ended up with well-balanced individuals who are confident and can make their own decisions about the world. After all, we can't watch them all the time and how else are they going to learn how to cope without taking 'baby steps' like riding a bike around. It's the way I grew up – and honestly has the world changed that much? Or just our perception of the world?

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