Day 19 of #JusJoJan, the writing challenge by Linda G Hill, inspiring us to write every day in January!
The Just Jot It January 19th prompt, brought to you by Wendy of Wendy’s Waffle, is: “Rubbish.” Use it any way you’re inspired to. And make sure you stop by and say hi to Wendy as well! Here’s her blog: https://waffle-with-wendy.blogspot.ca/
Rubbish
I wondered what to write when I saw this prompt initially. Should I muse about the trash? Or about things that I think are like garbage?
Then a conversation with Lil Man the other morning, triggered something.
My son is 11.
He is in Secondary School.
He is still a child.
When he went to the local park, on his way from school one evening, with his friends, they stopped at the climbing frame, which incidentally, is one outside of the play area for young children, for the older kids to play on.
“We went to climb on there, and about three different men in green jackets came up to us and told us to get off, that we couldn’t play on there! The park people are rubbish!”
So, according to these officials, 11 year olds are too old to go on park equipment, that has been designed for the older child… Hmm…
Correct me if I am wrong, but isn’t the world generally always complaining about the fact that kids are growing up too fast?
So why limit their playtime in a park?
Surely that is a good thing, that they want to play, and be children, not sat at home watching TV or buried in their phones!
My son is small in stature as it is. He is often mistaken for a Primary School aged child, but the badge on his blazer gives away that he is older. He is a very physical person, and for that I am glad.
But to have the opportunity to burn some energy taken away by idiotic officials… now that really is RUBBISH!
Let kids be kids!
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