A co-worker was telling me how his young son had just learned to ride a bike. The only problem he said was that he wanted to ride it all the time and to do that, a parent needs to be outside to keep an eye on him. I can't even imagine how much fun riding a bike would be if you had to stay in sight of someone. Learning to ride a bike in my day granted you freedom to roam the neighborhood. Wheels at 6 was a close second to wheels at 16. My husband tells me of how he used to get up on Saturdays and get on his bike with a packed lunch and ride all over town. I am sure his mother worried about his safety, but probably more in the way of getting bit by a snake while in the woods rather than getting snatched by someone looking to cause harm. My how things have changed....I can remember when my parents would go grocery shopping, they would ( and could ) leave all four of us kids in the car. We would roll down the window and just wait for their return. Nobody every came close to snatching us. I can't even imagine being able to do that now. When Halloween rolled around, my parents would drop us off across the river and we would walk all over the neighborhood and meet up at a designated time. The only reason a parent would want to go through your candy would be to get a piece of the good stuff. The thought of somebody tampering with the candy was just unheard of. My girls went house to house by way of a car and usually to only houses of people we knew. It saddens me to see the things that my generation had the priviledge to enjoy is becoming so foreign to the younger generation. Things that a kid should be able to enjoy. I remember that my parents did warn us of "bad" people, but not like parents have to instill in kids today. A kid only gets to be a kid once and riding a bike outside of their parents vision should be an option!
But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse.
II Timothy 3:13a
II Timothy 3:13a
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