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Lighting up a cigarette, the older man sat on a bench out of the sun waiting for his friend. Today, parents view the sun as the enemy and smear tons of sun screens on their children; they cannot even catch a ball. Germs are public enemy number one, which elements playing in dirt and washing their hands 100 times a day. Parents wonder why they still get sick and don’t understand their immune system is maturing and the sicker they are as children the healthier they will be as adults. A group of bike riders rolled past and had on more protective gear than football players. A school bus stopped in the street, the children exited, and he wondered why there were no seat belts on school buses. Children are the future, ride around on vehicles without seat belts, and only after an accident do people become involved. The sun, germs, and helmets seem to take priority over the seat belts.

Lighting up another smoke he blew a few smoke rings, and noticed a four year old boy watching him. Walking up to the older man he asked, how did he do that?  He replied by pulling the smoke in my lungs and blowing it out. Can I try? No son, you would have to learn to smoke, which is not a good idea. A quizzical look spread over the boy’s face and he replied, my daddy smokes, mommy doesn’t know because he hides in the garage and never smokes in the house because she calls it a filthy habit, which is going to kill him. A woman in a gray dress came streaking toward them, grabbed the boys arm, and said how many times I have to tell you not to stand near smokers. Glaring at the older man she said, you should be ashamed of yourself smoking around a child, don’t you know second hand smoke is a killer, and then rushed off.  Smirking, the older man understood why her husband still smoked in the garage. She was concerned her son would inhale his second hand smoke instead of being worried he was a child molester – it would take decades for his smoke to kill him and only five minutes to abduct him.

Today, government and society want to keep people safe from themselves, instead created chaos, causing them to depend too much on government. Growing up he ate dirt, played in the mud, never wore a helmet when riding his bike, sat and burned in the sun, didn’t wear a seat belt; never rode a school bus, wore a helmet playing football, played in the street, had all the childhood illnesses, and got a few smacks from the old man. The older man saw his friend in the distance and went to meet him.

With kindest regards, Judowolf