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Childhood: now and then

Friday, October 17, 2008

Last weekend, my kuya told me that he had to buy another PSP soon…his two sons, Ean and Eao, were always fighting over the single PSP they had (I don’t even have one!). I looked in shock! I mean, I can understand why they bought Ean one, he was 7 at that time (he’s 9 now). But for goodness sake, Eao is just 3 years old! What would he need a PSP for?!? And kids! What are they doing these days? They are so advance in technology that they’ll be saying “CAT5e 100-Mhz patch cable” before they can recite our national anthem!

When I was young, I had only a few toys. But that doesn’t mean I had a miserable childhood. On the contrary, I had a very happy childoood. This was for the simple reason that I had many friends in our neighborhood, and our playground would be the whole neighborhood. Imagine playing taguan (hide and seek) in a neighborhood with streets (pity on the taya)! Our patintero would run across a whole street! And when someonehas been tagged, it takes a while before everybody becomes aware of it. We never run out of games to play…taguan sardinas, piko, tumbang preso, agawan base, monkey-monkey, langit lupa, baseball, and many more. Not only that, we played in the rain, rode our bikes to the next village, and had campouts at the park! For us, play meant outside our houses, on the street, from morning until night! So much fun!

(photo by Carolyn P. Villasanta)

I pity kids these days. While our generation was out there, playing with our friends on the streets, kids today spend their playtime inside their houses, alone with their PSPs and computers, playing with someone (maybe someone thy do not even know) who is at his/her own house. Technology has brought us so many benefits, but this certainly is not one of them. Kids need physical relationships (not the one adults have). Friendships made by kids in a neighborhood are one of the strongest friendships one can have, don’t you think? I bet most of us have kababatas with whom we are still friends up to now.

As of now, Princess Wendy will have to wait for maybe 10 more years before she gets her own computer and PSP.

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i really enjoyed playing “hide n seek” with my cousins especially at night. i’d have to agree that children should be playing more outside with other children, and should spend less time watching TV or playing video games on the computer. there are so many things to be discovered outside.

thank you very much for adding my link. grazie!

Posted by kayni at October 17, 2008, 11:07 pm

when i was a kid, I used to team up with my cousins then play patintero vs other youngsters in the neighboring compounds especially during full moon. We use water to draw the big box and usually, a pail of water suffices.
Every time the moon shines bright, we do our assignments early so we will be allowed to play outdoor and get wasted haha.
Patintero, Tagu-taguan, Luksong tinik, sack race, tumbang preso top the list of our most liked games. When i reached grade 5, i and my siblings switched to indoor games - board games, video games, computers. Flames haha

Posted by kooonin at October 18, 2008, 1:54 am

i totally agree! playing outside the house is the happiest moment of my childhood. my family used to think i would grow up lesbian because i was always out playing sipa with my “kababatas” (mostly boys) under the heat of the sun. i was so dark and amoy pawis lagi… kiber!

Posted by ka at October 18, 2008, 3:21 pm

I only have few toys din and I often played with them. My favorite kasi is to play outside the house. Sana nga kids now would experience those din

Posted by jeanny at October 19, 2008, 1:13 am

I agree! I encourage Wendy and her friends to play outside. Iba yung “batang-kalye” ka.

Posted by kumarenggrace at October 20, 2008, 6:28 am

these days, when kids are asking permission from their respective guardians to allow them to play with other kids in the street, the parent/guardian would say, “wag anak, may kidnapper jan, ibili na lang kita ng PSP” LOL.

Posted by kooonin at October 20, 2008, 3:22 pm

i played a lot when i was a kid! name me a game, and i, my cousins, and my neighbors have played it. i’ve got lot of scars because of my “kalikutan.” haha. but that never stopped me from climbing trees just to have the safest hiding place (only to find out it’s harder to run to the base).

i so enjoyed it that, up to now, i still play street games with kids every chance i get (and still competitive!).

sadly, parents are becoming very protective these days, and i cannot blame them. the streets are no longer as safe as they were before. news of kidnapping, rape, and terror have sown terror in parent’s hearts. well, i think all people should be vigilant against crimes against people as well as that against nature so that the streets will once again be the wonderland of kids!

as for technology, sometimes they really are detrimental to society.

Posted by mordsith at October 20, 2008, 5:13 pm

Oo nga…streets are not that safe anymore. Parents would rather have their children stay indoors. But there are still ways for kids to play together…I’m glad at least that our streets here are still safe.

Posted by kumarenggrace at October 20, 2008, 8:02 pm

oo nga. some places are safer than others. im also glad princess wendy has cousins and neighbors that she can play with. she’ll grow up to be a well-rounded person.

Posted by mordsith at October 21, 2008, 10:26 am

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