tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223421075357845155.post5722455922178595820..comments2023-12-31T05:54:02.314-08:00Comments on Books Anonymous: Swallows and Amazons forever!Kazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06883203750700550391noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223421075357845155.post-82047249605801097952012-10-07T20:40:33.301-07:002012-10-07T20:40:33.301-07:00Hi Peter,
These are old...you'll have to go s...Hi Peter,<br /><br />These are old...you'll have to go secondhand hunting, probably - what a terribly unhappy problem for you!! All of mine, bar Pigeon Post, are old harcovers - and the end papers are maps of the adventures contained within each book - great fun.<br /><br />I know what you mean - everywhere I look, I see kids disengaged from everything around them, plugged into iphones, ipods, nintendos, and the like. As a very basic question, I'd like to know how this generation of kids is going to learn how to interact socially - are we looking at the potential death of the dinner party sometime in the future?<br /><br />I'm such a dionosaur! But I do think that aqll this technology is coming at a very heavy price. <br /><br />OK - will have to go dig my Italian texts out of storage...Kazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06883203750700550391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223421075357845155.post-70595653720666110962012-10-07T20:28:56.086-07:002012-10-07T20:28:56.086-07:00Hi, Kaz! Thanks for posting about these books. I h...Hi, Kaz! Thanks for posting about these books. I haven't been reading contemporary fiction lately (for adults, YA, and children), so these books would make for perfect reads. I just have to do a book hunt! Well, that's a happy problem!<br /><br />Your post reminds me of the conversation I had with a couple of friends about children and gadgets. Here in Manila, it's not uncommon to see children busy with their gadgets while they're out with their family having dinner. It's so weird to see -- everyone not talking, just playing with their tablets or iphones. If I were their father, I'd come up with a rule of not allowing these gadgets on the table. They should to each other, for crying out loud!<br /><br />Oh, by the way, I'll definitely take you up on your offer regarding the Italian thing. I keep thinking that I'll need all the help that I can get!Peter S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17363239232633174946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223421075357845155.post-4791901003507937472012-09-22T17:32:23.238-07:002012-09-22T17:32:23.238-07:00Absolutely. While I was hunting for images of the ...Absolutely. While I was hunting for images of the film, I found an article from a British newspaper anticipating school holidays, written by a working mother who said she was planning to allow her children to be 'bored' by NOT scheduling a whole pile of activities for them as she'd done in the past. Fascinating reading... I wonder if she got pilloried, as did that New York writer who copped it when she wrote about the freedoms and independence she allowed her children growing up in NYC. <br /><br />Like you, I get the desire to keep our kids safe, but there's a fine line between doing that and over-protecting them to the point that we don't allow them to make the mistakes that allow them to learn how to safely be independent and look after themselves.Kazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06883203750700550391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223421075357845155.post-9232291659415684302012-09-22T16:49:04.665-07:002012-09-22T16:49:04.665-07:00Great comfort reading choice!
There is a lot to be...Great comfort reading choice!<br />There is a lot to be said for being left to your own devices as a kid,I grew up up with scrapes, bites, broken bones and assorted injuries all enjoyably earned running wild on granparents farm and no permanent harm was done. I lived in my immagination. Now kids are scheduled and supervised every minute of the day and I can understand the desire to keep kids safe but they have lost a great deal in doing that.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824748902803492123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223421075357845155.post-25642710779292367892012-09-21T15:54:14.633-07:002012-09-21T15:54:14.633-07:00Hi Jack,
This post wasn't an indictment on the...Hi Jack,<br />This post wasn't an indictment on the current generation, rather a reflection on some of what's been lost in the frantic scheduling of our kids' non-school time, the lack of just 'being' time that they have, and how so few kids these days are able to be out there running wild in a positive way...these days 'running wild' is more a cause for concern than anything else - as opposed to Ransome's children, or the stuff we got up to that, at worst, usually resulted in ruined clothes and some scrapes and bangs...Kazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06883203750700550391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223421075357845155.post-12487278281450636992012-09-21T06:11:41.586-07:002012-09-21T06:11:41.586-07:00Kaz - I know you're down on the newest generat...Kaz - I know you're down on the newest generation of soon-to-be adults, and I've been right there with you. For another view, please to read this blog post from a middle school teacher in Oklahoma: http://www.writing.com/main/books/entry_id/759198<br />Sure gave me something to think about...<br /><br />- JackJack Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14030471723776022615noreply@blogger.com