Hey- I learned to ride a bike with no helmet, and no training wheels!

Posted by Abner from global.mactemps.com on September 22, 1999 at 09:16:40:

In Reply to: Revisionist history... posted by ROB T. on September 21, 1999 at 22:18:11:

Now I see parents teaching their kids to ride with helmets, training wheels, and about a million pads of different sorts so they look like marshmallow men. Times change- we are a lot more safety conscious today (And I would say "Wimpy" too...) than even 20 years ago. In the early 1900s people still sent kids to work in factories with incredibly dangerous machinery and thought nothing of it. This notion of idealized childhood really emerged after WWII.

Cheers,
Abner

Follow Ups:

• Re: I don't really agree... Laurie Jensen 13:06:46 9/22/99 (1)
  • But you basically did... Abner 06:53:35 9/23/99 (0)

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