Back to the original topic of this thread before someone's delicate feathers got ruffled, check out this group.
http://www.freerangekids.com/I heard these people on a radio show a few weeks ago. Basically, what they were describing, is how most of us grew up. During the summer we left in the morning and came back in the evening. There wasn't any organized baseball in my neighborhood. I was never a Boy Scout. But I played a lot of baseball and I camped out an awful lot.
What's going on today reminds me of that Viagra commercial. You know the one with the guy pulling the trailer that gets stuck in the mud. They act like it's a big deal that he figured out to use the horses to pull them out. What the hell else was he supposed to do?! Who wouldn't think of that. However, the truth is, he should've tied the horses to the back of the trailer and pulled everything out backwards so the horses didn't get muddy. But hell, let's not quibble over details.