Comments on: The Death of Childhood in Winter http://drockidy.wordpress.com/2008/01/24/the-death-of-childhood-in-winter/ What I'm thinking about...right now. Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:59:07 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: montegue blister http://drockidy.wordpress.com/2008/01/24/the-death-of-childhood-in-winter/#comment-8 montegue blister Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:04:55 +0000 http://drockidy.wordpress.com/2008/01/24/the-death-of-childhood-in-winter/#comment-8 hello there, I couldn't have put it better myself. It is a crying shame that children aren't encouraged to play rough, physical , traditional childhood games. they should be positively encouraged to play Red Rover and games of that ilk such as High Jimmy Knacker. On the subject of snowball fights if you missed that in your childhood at least you can, without embaressment, play it as an adult. There are many Yukigassen (competitive snowball fighting) events...well if you live in Finland or Japan there is Chin chin! Montegue Blister author of the blog Strange Games - all about unusual, archaic and stupid games and sports. http://strange-games.blogspot.com/ hello there,

I couldn’t have put it better myself. It is a crying shame that children aren’t encouraged to play rough, physical , traditional childhood games.
they should be positively encouraged to play Red Rover and games of that ilk such as High Jimmy Knacker.
On the subject of snowball fights if you missed that in your childhood at least you can, without embaressment, play it as an adult. There are many Yukigassen (competitive snowball fighting) events…well if you live in Finland or Japan there is

Chin chin!

Montegue Blister
author of the blog Strange Games – all about unusual, archaic and stupid games and sports.

http://strange-games.blogspot.com/

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