I think your husband is out numbered, Miss B. And he said you could start this thread so he has to honor it right?!!!!!!
Well, I plan to send him a link to the thread. LOL!!!! But he'll honor my opinion either way--we have always made it a policy to agree if there is any risk involved, and the negative vote wins. (Until they can be persuaded differently)
__________________
"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
But I would highly recommend that you and Jeff both read this book (and any other parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle, babysitter...anyone who cares for children in any way!)
__________________
You become free from who you have become, by becoming who you were meant to be. ~Mark from another forum I post on
God did it for us. Out of sheer generosity he put us in right standing with himself. A pure gift. He got us out of the mess we're in and restored us to where he always wanted us to be. And he did it by means of Jesus Christ. ~Romans 3:24 from The Message
This is a tough call. When my kids were young they were given lots of opportunity for independence. We lived in a small town (12,000) and I trusted them. They rode their bikes all over; walked the 1/2 mi to the city pool by themselves (grade school ages) etc.
But it is now 2009......unfortunately in todays' messed up world we cannot enjoy the same freedoms.
It is difficult for me to say this------------but I'll have to vote NO!
(with all the moving and many cities in which I've lived, 12,000 is the smallest ....lol )
__________________
"Le sens commun n'est pas si commun."
(Common sense is not so common.)
Voltaire
Common sense is genius dressed in working clothes.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.
William James
Well, I plan to send him a link to the thread. LOL!!!! But he'll honor my opinion either way--we have always made it a policy to agree if there is any risk involved, and the negative vote wins. (Until they can be persuaded differently)
I've read many of your posts and I've always been impressed with your common sense approach to life, Miss B.
Sounds like you and your hubby are working together.
__________________ Mrs. LPW
Psalm 19:14
Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
This is a tough call. When my kids were young they were given lots of opportunity for independence. We lived in a small town (12,000) and I trusted them. They rode their bikes all over; walked the 1/2 mi to the city pool by themselves (grade school ages) etc.
But it is now 2009......unfortunately in todays' messed up world we cannot enjoy the same freedoms.
It is difficult for me to say this------------but I'll have to vote NO!
(with all the moving and many cities in which I've lived, 12,000 is the smallest ....lol )
but apparently they went together - not one child alone.
Perverts target the rural areas, around here it has happened far too often.....recently even.
People are sick, you just cannot let your kids out of your sight.
The news just YESTERDAY told of a WOMAN trying to abduct a 12 yr old girl at her bus stop
I vote yes... I was riding all over town at 13, and I would have let my girls ride 2.5 miles in the country at that age.
If the area isn't safe, it would be a different.... but yeah, this mom would allow her to do that...especially with a cell phone.
oh, and my yes doesn't mean you are unreasonable... just that I agree with your husband.. I would just say you are a little nervous.. I understand... I just haven't ever been that way... I trusted my girls to ride in town and country at that age... without cell phones.
I see what you're saying, and Jeff is going to like your post. LOL!!!
We certainly don't have much (if any) crime in this area.
*sigh*
I am more than a little nervous...
Really, I don't think I can do it. She's going to have to be bigger, older and in a car. It's not that long really...in 2 years she'll be eligible for a driving permit, so she could drive the old farm truck.
__________________
"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
I walked to the PO when I was 13 also. It was a different day than today. Everyone hadn't lost their minds and most still believed in God and went to church.
I live in a really safe, crime free area... Newman visited me and said it looks like a "Norman Rockwell town" anyway... so I was comfortable with my girls riding in town. Lots of people around and generally a safe area.
However, I decided to ask my coworker who sits next to me... she lives in the country and was raised in the country. She also has a 13 year old daughter... My friend said she rode in the country like that at 13, but that no, she wouldn't allow Casey to ride today because of the teens that drive and drink in the country...she said they seem to think because they are in the country the police aren't going to see them...so she said there is some trouble with teen boys in their area who she would worry about them harrassing her daughter... so agreed with everyone else.
__________________
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2 KJV
It doesn't matter how mature your child is there are some crazy folks out there. You would have a hard time forgiving yourself if something happened. Go with your motherly instinct.
Linear Mode
