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The Dangerous Book for Boys
I just read an article/review in the New York Times Magazine on The Dangerous Book for Boys. It looks like a fantastic book - basically about how boys should get outside and explore and have fun and maybe get hurt. Boys (and girls, Kath) should go out and play and have spontaneous, possibly dangerous, fun. Funny thing is, Pat and I were discussing such things last week in Zion. I think we all look back on our childhoods with great romance and nostalgia. I think I did everything the authors recommend boys should do (stuff like making paper airplanes, tree houses, sling shots, bow and arrows). The website for the book is fairly interesting, and so is this interview with one of the authors on the Colbert Report. Let’s add comments on some of the crazy/dumb/dangerous things we did as kids!
David • Memories • 06/03/07 • 2 comments
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Dad • 06/04/07 • 10:04 PM:How sad that our society has been so warped by [feminism/gay agenda/educators/nerds/technology?] that a book like this had to be written. Reminds me of the time I shot an arrow as high as I could, nearly straight up into the sky. It went over the house and landed next to the neighbor lady who was out hanging up her laundry. I immediately realized I could have killed her, or for that matter myself if I’d managed to release the arrow on a more vertical path, and that object lesson has stayed with me all my life. I’ve still done stupid things, of course; just not as many as I might have.
David • 06/07/07 • 12:18 PM:Nice one Pops. I never heard that one. The single dumbest thing I’ve ever done (and many many times during high school) was roof riding. Not exactly like Styles in Teen Wolf, but close. We would lie on our stomaches on top of cars, holding on to the roof rack or the insides of the doors (with windows open) and drive around. I never was the driver (no car) but I did ride on Tommy Olson’s parents station wagon and Chris Conrad’s car. Yeah, upwards of 35 - 40 mph. How stupid was that?
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