tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8988373850574930266.post2438159060150885489..comments2023-06-22T02:34:16.955-07:00Comments on thoughts from my crayzdaze...: Free Range KidsCindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12013437808532340270noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8988373850574930266.post-81380789585210282522014-07-06T18:35:27.056-07:002014-07-06T18:35:27.056-07:00I have always loved the way you have raised your k...I have always loved the way you have raised your kiddos over the years. I just picked up a book about free range kids. Of course my kids have kept me to busy to read it. ;pKerri McMahonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09241268315755828949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8988373850574930266.post-23699037589340798132014-07-06T09:31:00.887-07:002014-07-06T09:31:00.887-07:00Don't you hate when the computer eats your com...Don't you hate when the computer eats your comments?<br /><br />Lindsay, I just typed out a big comment about how much I had admired the way you let your kids do things on their own in Florida. It was clear that they felt like their world there was a safe place. I hope that Miles isn't influenced in the long term by the scraggly guy, but instead chooses to listen to you. Of course the annoying thing is that now you need to figure out a whole new set of boundaries i a new place. But I'm betting your kids will always have at least some memory of their time "at the beach," riding ahead of you to the library and walking on different paths to the pier! :)<br />Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13869834635154658664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8988373850574930266.post-48482474133844125882014-07-06T05:55:59.475-07:002014-07-06T05:55:59.475-07:00The other day on our way to the library, the kids ...The other day on our way to the library, the kids arrived at the doors on their bikes a total of 10 seconds before me... By the time I caught up with them this old scraggly, toothless guy was yelling at Miles for leaving his mother because there were 'bad people' who were going to 'snatch him up'. I was SO angry and gave him a long lecture about how I choose to focus on teaching my kids about the good of people the world and not instill in them a fear of them "and you are not helping that!" I said. "look at this child's eyes! YOU have thoroughly scared him - not the 'bad snatcher-man', but YOU! Parenting this child is my choice, and I choose faith over fear and good over evil... So keep your own ideas to yourself, please." Truthfully, the library is not a good place for a child of 5 to be alone (which is why he was with Kenz and Carson, and why I was very close), but I wonder if the man would have lost his head if I told him that those kids had ridden most of that 1.5 miles all by themselves!Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01150657897645335754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8988373850574930266.post-79809205062497201622014-07-05T12:44:16.779-07:002014-07-05T12:44:16.779-07:00And I flew solo from nc to Utah the summer I was 1...And I flew solo from nc to Utah the summer I was 13 and 14 too!cindy baldwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01173344689280406987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8988373850574930266.post-47117722333463299532014-07-05T12:43:33.494-07:002014-07-05T12:43:33.494-07:00Their hot chocolate is actually really delicious t...Their hot chocolate is actually really delicious too! I never get it because I'm too motion sick when they first pass around drinks after takeoff, but our flight from Baltimore was so long that I eventually got over the queasiness and had some. I needed some chocolate after spending quite awhile walking up and down the aisles bouncing fussy kate in the ergo carrier. ;-) It was tasty!cindy baldwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01173344689280406987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8988373850574930266.post-26861410078271790572014-07-05T08:25:54.239-07:002014-07-05T08:25:54.239-07:00That is so cool that they did that!That is so cool that they did that!Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17897692383039871432noreply@blogger.com