High schools didn't have student parking lots because no high school kid had access to a car they could drive to school and leave parked there all day.Īm I saying all those things are bad and we had it better when I was young? No, I'm pointing out that we didn't have dozens of electronic push button ways to entertain ourselves and we weren't involved in multiple school and outside activities that kept us running all the time. Even if there had been there wouldn't have been any for girls like there are today. Also, there weren't dozens of sports programs for kids like soccer, baseball, and football. Oh yes, TVs were black & white color TV was still a number of years away. Hell, you were lucky if you had a TV and luckier still if it got three channels. When I was a kid there were no video games, computers, movie videos, CD's, stereo, or cable TV. You may not only get a visit from the police but from her parents' lawyer as well. Today you tie the wrong girl up and parents may no longer dismiss it as kids being kids. Plus when I was growing up no one had ever heard of feminism or political correctness. They just don't play games the way we did. That's not to say that there aren't as many boys, and perhaps some girls, out there who still find themselves strangely attracted to the sight of a pretty actress bound and gagged on TV or in the movies. I dare say that today not near as many kids play games that result in babysitters, sisters, or neighborhood girls getting tied up as when I was a young boy. I am going to date myself with these comments but I think its important to understand how things differed back then. But I cant help but think if his aunts feelings were completely innocent, even if there is no sex. Identify with the young boy and would have loved to play like this. The author clearly states this was in the 50s when children played differently. Tjis is one of those stories I love but which makes,me slightly uncomfortable.
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