Comments on: Are We Raising Strong Kids?

By: Ginny McKinney

Ginny McKinney — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 03:09:13 +0000

In reply to Pat Boggess. ❤️

By: Ginny McKinney

Ginny McKinney — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 03:08:36 +0000

In reply to Dee. Me too, dear one. I’ve been schooled in the best sense of the term. ❤️

By: Ginny McKinney

Ginny McKinney — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 03:07:28 +0000

In reply to Doris Bolton. ❤️

By: Doris Bolton

Doris Bolton — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 02:13:20 +0000

I’m sure lots of people remember the skirt days and being really cold and yes we survived with no lasting harm. I have to admit that I would be glad my grandchildren wouldn’t have been on buses on icy roads. Bus wrecks have resulted in the death of children lately. I’m also glad that school budgets won’t get hit with even larger heating bills during this vortex.

By: Dee

Dee — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 22:31:40 +0000

I wonder if this elected official went to a private prep school , and I also wonder if his children go to public schools . Having wondered that , this was an unusual historic weather event , and as a retired teacher in an impoverished county , I am thankful that the health of the children came first .

By: Pat Boggess

Pat Boggess — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 21:31:16 +0000

You know where I grew up. Rose the bus from Dutchman to Harrisville when in high school. School’s were never closed. Didn’t matter what the roads were like. That bus was there every morning. We never had a wreck, never went in the ditch. Nothing. We went from Macfarlan down rt 47 to the bridge at Rt 53. We had one kid who lived right in the middle of the Butter hill. We stopped in the middle of that hill and picked her up and dropped her off. Then we went back to Smithville and on to Harrisville. I don’t remember a single day school was cancelled due to cold or too much snow. We also wore dresses.

By: Ginny McKinney

Ginny McKinney — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 20:16:33 +0000

In reply to Debbie. ❤️

By: Debbie

Debbie — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 20:00:34 +0000

I too, am from a time when no pants were allowed in school for girls. I walked a quarter mile to wait for the bus, no matter the weather.
I don’t remember the temps back then. I do remember our ponds freezing and Dad having to break the ice for the cows to drink. Lol, and going “ice skating” in my shoes since I had no skates. Of coarse I sneaked with my cousins to do so. I got to close to the edge where the thick ice had been broken and fell in up to my knees. I am amazed I didn’t get more than a stern lecture over that.
I know our KY Govenor got blasted for talking of “softness” and later tried to clarify. I think as a society we have gotten “softer”. I know I have. I am surely all for protecting and providing for our children. However, I’m afraid we’ve done the world no favors by preventing them from having to do anything they just don’t want to do. It seems we’ve encouraged a generation or two to believe the whole world revolves around them and that society “owes” them. All one needs to do to realize the results of this is watch the news.
Just my thoughts. I enjoyed reading your viewpoint. My thoughts and prayers are with all affected by the frigid weather, especially the homeless.

By: Ginny McKinney

Ginny McKinney — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 19:19:38 +0000

In reply to Darlene Pulsifer. ❤️

By: Darlene Pulsifer

Darlene Pulsifer — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 15:42:15 +0000

I feel for the bus drivers back then too! They had less heat than we do (that is when it is working) they also had longer routes and I remember some telling me they carried an ax just to break the snow off the bus steps so the door would close. Yes as a society we are getting soft and yes these will be very unhappy when the boss expects them to show up for work on the days when schools are closed. I am a bus driver and very thankful that I did not have to go today. I drove last night and the bus never warmed up thankfully I only had a short ride! Thank you for this blog I for one really enjoy it!