Holy cow. I WISH I had less of an extended "family" growing up. Any of the neighbors had spanking privaliges for all the other kids. As did any of my parents friends. We never, ever locked out doors. You could go into anyone's house and get a drink or a snack if you were playing in that area and needed it.
We had to travel to OTHER neighborhoods to get into any trouble we wanted to get away with (and even that strategy failed at times). Just a typical Connecticut neighborhood. On 7/28/05, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > children being raised by a community of adults. I believe that the > kibbutz is an example of this. I am not aware of any particular > demonization of the form in the US, but I haven't gone much beyond a > room-mate or two. > > Dana > > On 7/28/05, S. Isaac Dealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > yeah but Isaac, children are stuck with the > > > parents they are born to. Sometimes better > > > is all there is. > > > > > But maybe I missed something. What are > > > you advocating exactly? Something like > > > the kibbutz model? > > > > By kibbutz do you mean this? > > > > http://www.kibbutzprogramcenter.org/ > > > > No... well... not directly anyway... (I have no personal interest in > > Israel)... > > > > I'm advocating extended-family and intentional-community living as a > > desirable social norm, instead of an often demonized fringe. If these > > things were not demonized, they would be more common. I'm not saying > > it's a necessity that all people live this way, merely that I think we > > would be much better off as a society/culture and have far fewer > > people in my situation (or similar disaffected, insular situations) if > > communal living were not demonized and reasonably commonplace if not a > > dominant social preference. > > > > > > s. isaac dealey 954.522.6080 > > new epoch : isn't it time for a change? > > > > add features without fixtures with > > the onTap open source framework > > > > http://www.fusiontap.com > > http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:167130 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
