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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

Oh, I got a giggle out of it.  I somehow find it hard to compare *their* 
children to free range when the whole concept of free range is "not caged." 
Ah, locked up in a school for 7 hours kinda sounds like being caged to me.

Lynda
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From: "tom" <tom AT honeychrome.com>


> I remember reading an article or book years back when I first
> encountered the phrase 'free-range childhood' and thought. "That's
> it!  That's what I had with my brother and sister, and that's how I
> can describe it to people!"  I've since had discussions and debates
> about the merits of 'free-range childhood' and how increasingly rare
> and difficult it must be now.  A largely rural, free-range childhood
> with a house (houses really, we moved often) full of books is the
> greatest gift my parents gave us.  Well, love and garden veggies too.
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