In Rejection of Being Taken for For Granted: Take 2
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In many ways the image above encapsulates my childhood and represents something unlikely to be seen in the current day. The parents of these children would have child protective services called on them in most places across the US. That or it would be nearly impossible to gather this many children at one time outside of school. In my childhood we roamed in packs. In summers, we were pushed outside early and told to return with the street lights. We took risks, climbed trees higher than we should, engineered bike ramps destined to fail, but it never truly seemed dangerous. I am no doubt glamorizing my childhood through some sentimental lens but there was something essential about the experience that I worry may be absent for young people now.
In Rejection of Being Taken for For Granted: Take 2
In Rejection of Being Taken for For Granted…
In Rejection of Being Taken for For Granted: Take 2
In many ways the image above encapsulates my childhood and represents something unlikely to be seen in the current day. The parents of these children would have child protective services called on them in most places across the US. That or it would be nearly impossible to gather this many children at one time outside of school. In my childhood we roamed in packs. In summers, we were pushed outside early and told to return with the street lights. We took risks, climbed trees higher than we should, engineered bike ramps destined to fail, but it never truly seemed dangerous. I am no doubt glamorizing my childhood through some sentimental lens but there was something essential about the experience that I worry may be absent for young people now.