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Intrepid kids

Osprey - 11-1-2009 at 02:58 PM

The Laguna mountains near our village holds some fun for local kids if they're brave enough. This is not the best picture but yesterday I saw quite a few kids like the ones clinging to the rock just to the right of the top of the falls working up the courage for the 40 ft. plunge.

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Paulina - 11-1-2009 at 11:06 PM

Good for them! Good for those kids who still have the ability find fun and challenge in life to actually be "a kid".

To have fun, to take risks, to be fearless and brave, to actually be a kid and learn about life though their first hand experiences, to live and learn the consequences of their decisions without someone warning them to "be careful" "watchout" don't be a kid.

To climb 40 ft. up the face of that waterfall ,to jump off the overhanging rock or not? In today's society they wouldn't have the option of asking themselves that question.

Stateside, being a kid is not an easy thing to be. There are rules and insurance issues; don't climb that tree, don't build that cardboard box car, don't build that tree house in your back yard because your neighborhood friend might climb it and fall down and their parents might take legal actions against your parents.

Lawyers have taken away the fun of being a kid.

In Baja there are still waterfalls to jump from, such as the one you posted. There are mountains to climb, places to explore and things to see that can't be realized stateside.

Baja. What a great place to be a kid.

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[Edited on 2-11-2009 by Paulina]

grace59 - 11-2-2009 at 06:44 AM

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Originally posted by Paulina
Good for them! Good for those kids who still have the ability find fun and challenge in life to actually be "a kid".

To have fun, to take risks, to be fearless and brave, to actually be a kid and learn about life though their first hand experiences, to live and learn the consequences of their decisions without someone warning them to "be careful" "watchout" don't be a kid.

To climb 40 ft. up the face of that waterfall ,to jump off the overhanging rock or not? In today's society they wouldn't have the option of asking themselves that question.

Stateside, being a kid is not an easy thing to be. There are rules and insurance issues; don't climb that tree, don't build that cardboard box car, don't build that tree house in your back yard because your neighborhood friend might climb it and fall down and their parents might take legal actions against your parents.

Lawyers have taken away the fun of being a kid.

In Baja there are still waterfalls to jump from, such as the one you posted. There are mountains to climb, places to explore and things to see that can't be realized stateside.

Baja. What a great place to be a kid.

P<*)))>{


[Edited on 2-11-2009 by Paulina]


Amen, Paulina! Amen! We are so afraid here of being sued anymore that it has taken the fun out of life especially for children! Especially in this day and age. When I was a child here in the US (I"m 50) we still climbed trees, threw rocks at each other, jumped out of those trees etc and if you got hurt, broke an arm or something, it was just part of being a kid...now it's a reason to be sued.



[Edited on 11-2-2009 by grace59]

bajabass - 11-2-2009 at 08:39 AM

We used to jump from cliffs of varying height, into several gravel pits as a kid back in Michigan. Miles from any adult, damn, our parents had no idea where we were. BB gun wars. Ice skating on ponds and rivers. I would take 60 mile round trips on my little 1971 Yamaha Mini-Enduro. Dirt clod fights, a few rocks mixed in. The biggest change in life as a kid, was moving to California in 1973 at 14 years old. I think the lawsuit mentality started here. Life as a teenager became very restrictive. Don't go here or there, don't do this or that! Maybe Baja helps me feel like a child again. If my wife has her wish, and I become a father, I hope I have sold the business in California, so that I may have a chance to be a real kid again, and raise my child in Baja! The exploring, fishing, and vast outdoor possibilities would be almost like old times. The ability to roam almost at will, usually with no one to say no, is an experience all kids should have. Baja would have been incredible as a child. Oh well, it is Monday morning, back to work. That is until Friday, when I am off to La Mision again!!

Martyman - 11-2-2009 at 09:04 AM

I am finishing up my parenting days now (in Calif.). My two boys are 18 and 21. They shot each other with bb guns, built a treehouse in a tree loaded with poison oak, built multiple forts and jumped into pools off rocks over 25 feet high. They're friends were there too. Nobody got sued. They are normal people. Both my kids broke their nose

Do you guys know anyone that has gotten sued for these travesties?:lol: I don't think so. Kids will always be kids. It is the stupid parents in our generation that have changed. I love the parents that blame the schools or the teachers if the kids mess up.
"Oh my kid would never do that" "My kid is perfect" and the worst one to tell your kids "you are special".
So bajabass..start practicing more on having those kids, c'mon man step up to the plate. It is the mindset of todays parents that needs to be changed.
Still wrestling with my kids,
M

bajabass - 11-2-2009 at 10:07 AM

I am 50 now, and practice is the best part. My wife miscarried horribly this past January. Physically she was fine in a couple days, it took months for her to decide to try one more time. It broke my heart to see her so depressed. I do hope to raise my own child in Baja, soon!! I am looking forward to being in a wide open world with a child and lovely wife at my side. My wife is aa doctor, and much younger than me, so she will be working. More time for us to play in Baja.