GPS Tracking For Kids???

Did you see this video that went viral yesterday? The one questioning how in hell we survived as children in the 60s, 70s and 80s?

I loved it.

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Honestly. We used to leave the house in the morning and not come back until the street lights went on. I remember not making the volleyball team that my friends made. And I can tell you it never happened again. We drank kool-aid. We didn’t wear helmets. I got in trouble a few times at school and this led to bigger trouble at home. I remember climbing on the roof of the school and lightning matches that we had taken from Ritchie’s with my friend Cheryl and getting busted by the kids down the street who ratted us out to our parents. I think Cheryl beat one of them up later. We would spend our days roaming the ‘hood, going from one house to the other. (Never ours because my dad wisely didn’t heat the pool to keep the kids away..:)).

Was it all wise? God no. Do I make my kid wear a helmet now? Most of the time. Will he be roaming freely around our neighbourhood at age 7. Maybe not. Some things change with common sense. But aren’t we over doing it?

I was thinking about that video last night, when a different one popped up in my feed.

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Let me preface this by saying for parents with autistic children who are wanderers? This is an incredible product. If that’s who they were marketing to, I’d be all over it. But I’m sorry, for children not on the spectrum. What’s next? Chipping?

Is it just me or are we getting WAY carried away with fear and safety? Or am I just feeling nostalgic for the good old days when my mom was too busy smoking and chatting with the neighbours to worry about where the hell we were.

Thoughts?