Puckarama
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My wife is at a high school softball game of a good friend’s daughter and sent me this! I’m fucking dying!
In fairness, my wife was a hell of an athlete and is in unreal shape but still.
And I have thoughts for another time on fitness level of kids these days . . .
08:59 PM - Apr 24, 2024
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Rosetta
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In response to Puckarama.
1/2 As a person born in the late 50s my siblings and I, well as our friends, weren’t allowed to stay in the house all day and watch t.v. We were expected, after chores completed, to gi and stay outside until time to come in for dinner. We ran, jumped, played ball, and all other types of games the
09:57 PM - Apr 24, 2024
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Annie Bee Good
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To be fair, this was during a period when most households had a parent or other responsible adult at home, which allowed kids to be outdoors & play more freely than today. I'm a feminist & fully support education & careers for women, but we've done a terrible job of replacing that care for kids.
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10:08 PM - Apr 24, 2024
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Rosetta
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In response to Annie Bee Good.
1/2 You make a great point. Your last thought though is the same reason that the patriarchy system is arguing that women stay out of the workplace & remain at home. My mother & majority of my friends’ moms worked. It was not common during this time for Black women to be stay at home moms.
10:23 PM - Apr 24, 2024
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Rosetta
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In response to Rosetta.
2/2 There usually was an older neighborhood woman who kept an eye out for all the kids in the neighborhood. A huge part of GOP’s effort to defund any early childhood programs, daycare centers, refusal to legislate appropriate maternal leave is to force working mothers out of the workplace.
10:24 PM - Apr 24, 2024 (Edited)
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Annie Bee Good
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In response to Rosetta.
I intended to emphasize the absence of making progress in childcare (to include older children as well) to replace the care of whichever responsible adult of the past at the same pace we've made progress for women in education and work opportunities.
10:53 PM - Apr 24, 2024
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Annie Bee Good
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In response to Annie Bee Good.
And we can't even keep children safe from gun violence in their schools, so now they stay inside on screens.
10:13 PM - Apr 24, 2024
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Rosetta
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In response to Annie Bee Good.
Agreed!
10:25 PM - Apr 24, 2024
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