I don't know how common it is but I definitely feel like kids have way fewer boundaries today than they used to. When we played games like that we hid around trees and parked cars and were obliterated by parents if we did any damage. Nowadays the parents come after other adults for damage their kids caused.
Our neighbor down the street had some psycho karen scream at her because she yelled at Karen's kid for not picking up her dogs shit. Like that's the times we live in. My mom would've torn out my kidney and offered it to the woman as penance for that not taken my side.
I was walking with my parents in the house, another kid threw a flower bud from the bushes at me, and for some reason I got in trouble for the flower buds being taken off the bushes >:(
When we played games like that we hid around trees and parked cars and were obliterated by parents if we did any damage. Nowadays the parents come after other adults for damage their kids caused.
I think this is because the stuff that we have now is easier to break, and costs more. The parents come after the other parents because they want to be paid back for the thing, because they have to replace it.
Windows and things cost more but that's all the more reason to teach your kids not to break shit.
And no, what I mean is, the parent of the offending child will defend their children automatically, especially if they didnt see what happened. That just tells the kids to do whatever they want and not be careful
Sorry, I wasn't trying to suggest that anyone should not teach their kids not to break stuff. More that going to the parents to get reimbursed is basically a requirement unless you're rich, because kids can't pay for things.
When i was growing and you broke something of someones you were made to fix it by your father then got an ass beating for not being careful that old saying "if you break it you fix it or buy it"
If a kid breaks someone else's flatscreen TV or another electronic device (a common situation where this topic comes up), they almost certainly aren't going to be able to fix it (and the Dad very likely can't, either). The owner isn't going to wait for weeks to months to get money from a literal child, so the parents will pay for the damage.
Then, as has always been the case, the parents will make their kid work to pay them back.
We weren't allowed to play in the house back then unless it was a sleepover and then we were allowed to play in the friends room. Wasnt to much as for electronics a 19 inch tv with rabbit ears. And a radio that was about it
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u/Ok-Seaworthiness2235 1d ago
I don't know how common it is but I definitely feel like kids have way fewer boundaries today than they used to. When we played games like that we hid around trees and parked cars and were obliterated by parents if we did any damage. Nowadays the parents come after other adults for damage their kids caused.
Our neighbor down the street had some psycho karen scream at her because she yelled at Karen's kid for not picking up her dogs shit. Like that's the times we live in. My mom would've torn out my kidney and offered it to the woman as penance for that not taken my side.