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> it's a brain-stem level parental instinct Yep. We live on a quiet, somewhat-narrow street. There are always quite a few young families living on the block.
by dctoedt 12y ago
> it's a brain-stem level parental instinct
Yep. We live on a quiet, somewhat-narrow street. There are always quite a few young families living on the block. Occasionally, a car will go speeding through the block to avoid a nearby stoplight. When our kids were little, every now and then we'd be in the front yard, chatting with neighbors, with various kids playing here and there. When a speeder came roaring our way, I would sometimes literally step into the street, stop the speeder, and "counsel" him (it always was a him) about safe driving with little kids around. Twenty years later, with our kids grown and gone, I don't have nearly so intense a reaction.
- tptacek 12y agoWe had a neighbor that did that; he'd hang out on the porch with a bullhorn and chase after cars. It always scared the crap out of me, because some of the people speeding down our street are probably not smart to mess with.
- dctoedt 12y ago> he'd hang out on the porch with a bullhorn and chase after cars Oh, now that's downright odd; I was never anywhere close to that premeditated.
- tptacek 12y agoIt's not odd; he was doing exactly what you and Rayiner was doing. He was just... less restrained.
- rayiner 12y agoWhen someone speeds down the street, then screeches to a halt because I'm already in the crosswalk, I just settle for taking extra long to cross and glaring at them the whole time.
- dctoedt 12y agoFrom 'Rayiner's comment: > first eliminate threats to your kids, ask questions later I just remembered another story on point from a few years back: A mother charged with her fists into a 700-pound polar bear that was stalking her 7-year old son. [1] [1] http://www.questioningchristian.com/2006/03/good_news_bad_n.html http://www.questioningchristian.com/2006/03/good_news_bad_n....