Growing up in My Generation

Any of you from that generation where you were left alone at home at a pretty early age?  Looking back it seemed more of the norm back then but is not in today’s world.

I would sometimes stay home alone when my mom worked and step dad worked half a block away, so he was close by.  I was between 6 and 8 years old.  I remember watching Scooby Doo and thinking the host in between shows could actually see me.  I always had a vivid imagination and was convinced one day he was talking to me and could somehow climb out of TV set if he wanted too.

I also remember trying to bake cookies out of a recipe on a cereal box and was so worried I would get in trouble for baking by myself.

I had an adult friend next door I used to bake cookies with sometimes and adored her.  I found out one day she had been robbed by gunpoint and as a little girl was so scared.  I thought “what if guy had come into my home and I was home alone?”  We lived in San Franscisco at the time on Cabrillo Avenue near Argonne school.  But one thing I am thankful for is I will always have that city mentality cause of what happened.

Today as a mom I realize my parents probably felt okay with me home alone since my step dad worked so close to home.  But I also know I am too protective to leave my 5 year old by herself and our world today is so much scarier than back then.

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