Comments on: The Lost Wilderness of Childhood http://owenstrachan.com/2009/09/28/the-lost-wilderness-of-childhood/ gospel calculus, with some whiz-bang Sun, 27 May 2012 03:21:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Dan http://owenstrachan.com/2009/09/28/the-lost-wilderness-of-childhood/#comment-2484 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:07:41 +0000 http://owenstrachan.com/?p=2016#comment-2484 I have problems with this one too, unfortunately. It bothers me that my son isn’t as free as I was, but then again, I wasn’t on a busy street in a city of 1.3 million people either. I grew up in a dusty farm town in Kansas.

Because I don’t want to over-parent, I try to find ways to push my son past his limits, like I naturally did as a kid to myself. We play sports together, where he gets to choose what he does and I just play along, or we go on long walks. Even though we walk on sidewalks and not creek beds like when I was a boy, it can still be an adventure.

]]> By: Zach Nielsen (Vitamin Z) http://owenstrachan.com/2009/09/28/the-lost-wilderness-of-childhood/#comment-2482 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:36:22 +0000 http://owenstrachan.com/?p=2016#comment-2482 That is a very tough one. 20 years ago when I was a kid, I was free to roam the neighborhood all day long with my friend Matt. We did crazy stuff, but it was a blast. Basically, I just needed to be around during dinner times, etc. The thought of letting my kids do this is almost unthinkable to me. Perhaps if I lived today in a smaller community like I did back then it might be more conceivable, but for now I like have them under my thumb, since my oldest is only 7.

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