tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15168041.post7129063349884254669..comments2023-02-27T08:13:09.157-05:00Comments on Just trying to survive: InnocenceMelissa Hannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08908262422262374126noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15168041.post-36944706183966696652007-04-23T20:13:00.000-04:002007-04-23T20:13:00.000-04:00i really liked your entry. on one hand, i recall ...i really liked your entry. on one hand, i recall making friends with kids at the park when i was younger, and children go towards other children. like those kids probably thought there was nothing wrong because you were a mommy. also, i think its a good thing for kids who dont know each other to branch out and make new friends, because when youre young, youre not jaded yet. you still trust everyone your age. on the other hand, that other mommy should have said no. i think she had less sense of stranger danger than the kids, because shes old enough to know better.<BR/>also, i realized the same thing with bernie...they dont see black and white. she once desciberd some girl in her class as having black hair and brown eyes adn then i met the kid and she was black. it was like "whoa. that would have been the very first charachteristic i would have named as a kid." bernie knows the differences in people, male-female, black-white, even gay-straight, and its a wonderful thought that the next generation could be blind to these predjudices. hopefully all these kids parents keep up those values that everyone is the same.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com