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Originally Posted by yel911
My mom always said, "come home when the street lights come on!!" We would be outside all day long.... playing street hockey with pads from an old couch etc. Whatever the season.... we always had something to do outside. I raced BMX and to wear a helmet was cool, but that was a Bell moto.... and only at the races. I have twin 10 year old girls now and have taught them sliding in the winter, how to build a fort in the snow banks... last snow storm was, how to do a dounut on their 4 wheeler!! 2 years ago, showed them how to skateboard on a half pipe. I'm re-living my youth with my kids!!!
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We all had the be home by dark rule. One of my Air Force brat buddies spent three years in Alaska. He said they moved in to the house in Alaska, and he went outside to explore. He instantly found the other kids his age in the neighborhood and made friends. He knew he had to be home by dark. About 10 PM he realized he was real tired but it was not dark yet. He got home about 11 PM and walked in and saw his parents were sitting by the front door and they were pissed. They told him that he knew full well 11 PM was way too late and sundown was no longer his curfew. He was grounded for a while.