Kayelle
Chef Extraordinaire
It is always interesting to see what children remember. The one thing that I notice in almost every response is that it did not take much money, it is about family, friends, imagination and a chance to be independent in some small way.
I noticed that too Bea. In addition, all the above experiences were in the days when it was common for us to feel the freedom of independence and both parents and children believed the Boogie man was just a fable. Now days the Boogie man has been proved to be real, although maybe he always was. Parents now need to keep children indoors for fear they will be taken, and resort to having supervised "play dates". Now days parents would be arrested for child endangerment if they heard what we heard and told their kids on a summer morning to be sure to be home before dark. Sad these kids will never have that freedom.