Comments on: Every Day is Halloween in America – A Nation of “Scardy Cats” http://kenmore.neighborhoodsundressed.com/2009/10/30/every-day-is-halloween-in-america-a-nation-of-scardy-cats/ A Blog About Kenmore, WA By James Lupori, REALTOR, and long time Kenmore resident. 206-713-2102 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:49:37 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: kedamono http://kenmore.neighborhoodsundressed.com/2009/10/30/every-day-is-halloween-in-america-a-nation-of-scardy-cats/comment-page-1/#comment-9248 kedamono Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:41:07 +0000 http://kenmore.neighborhoodsundressed.com/?p=1384#comment-9248 Depends on your neighborhood. Where I lived, we had to be driven to each house, since it wasn't that densely packed on our side of the lake back in Lake Orion Michigan. Now the other side of the lake we lived on was a subdivision, and my parents would park in one spot and we'd hit every house that we could on foot. My parents thought nothing of leaving us kids to our own devices. I'd go for long walks in the woods that were behind my house (now turned into a subdivision), and walking a couple of miles to see a few friends. And this was in the 1970s! I blame it in part on the rise of easy access entertainment. Times was cartoons were only on at a set time and when they were done, you'd go outside to play. Now there are cable channels dedicated to wall to wall toons. Plunk the kids in front of the boob tube and don't worry about them. Depends on your neighborhood. Where I lived, we had to be driven to each house, since it wasn’t that densely packed on our side of the lake back in Lake Orion Michigan. Now the other side of the lake we lived on was a subdivision, and my parents would park in one spot and we’d hit every house that we could on foot.

My parents thought nothing of leaving us kids to our own devices. I’d go for long walks in the woods that were behind my house (now turned into a subdivision), and walking a couple of miles to see a few friends. And this was in the 1970s!

I blame it in part on the rise of easy access entertainment. Times was cartoons were only on at a set time and when they were done, you’d go outside to play. Now there are cable channels dedicated to wall to wall toons. Plunk the kids in front of the boob tube and don’t worry about them.

]]> By: William (Bill) Leak http://kenmore.neighborhoodsundressed.com/2009/10/30/every-day-is-halloween-in-america-a-nation-of-scardy-cats/comment-page-1/#comment-9247 William (Bill) Leak Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:20:13 +0000 http://kenmore.neighborhoodsundressed.com/?p=1384#comment-9247 And as the "Greatest Generation" listened ......... “Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself”: FDR’s First Inaugural Address ............... Speach text and audio excerpt http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5057/ And as the “Greatest Generation” listened ………

“Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself”: FDR’s First Inaugural Address ……………

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http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5057/

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