Class Action Park brought back more memories than I care to admit of the mom-and-pop water parks we used to go to as kids

But my mother never let us within 20 miles of that place...she knew https://twitter.com/shawngorlando/status/1308244594635747328">https://twitter.com/shawngorl...

It also shows how much parenting has changed in some places in only a few decades. On weekends it wasn’t unusual for kids to wake up, make themselves cereal, and leave for the entire day like, see ya! I’m going to go down some coffee, use power tools, then walk off a cliff!

In one of the Nijnte / Miffy children’s books she, aged about 4, goes out alone in the snow, returning only for hammer, wood, and nails to build a birdhouse, also by herself

It’s great for kids to be independent and not be watched constantly, but wow

I do remember coming home to pick up, say, a couple saws to go play on a construction site, which was totally cool as long we were home by dark https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤷🏻‍♂️" title="Achselzuckender Mann (heller Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Achselzuckender Mann (heller Hautton)">

This thread is inspired more than a little by nostalgia for a pre-Covid time when people could go places and do things