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Benedict Arnold

What do little kids hear at night?

I couldn't sleep last night and was lying in bed listening to the sounds of distant traffic. Reminded me of my early childhood, back in the 1930s, when I used to think that passing trucks were bogeymen. Do you have any night memories from your early childhood? What about things that disturbed your own children?

Posted - February 19, 2017
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  • 5808
    all i seem to remember
    is that my imagination played a mighty part
    ...never had kids so that part is unknown to me.
      February 19, 2017 2:36 PM MST
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  • Thasnks, Baba. Kids and imagination are made for each other. :)
      February 19, 2017 2:51 PM MST
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  • 6988
    I always had an imagination. Back in the 50's, I was a little kid who lived on a farm. I was afraid of thunderstorms and hide under my bed covers and imagined I was a baby raccoon snuggling deep into it's underground nest. 
      February 19, 2017 3:29 PM MST
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  • You really drew a nice picture there, bh. I can see you doing that. :)
      February 19, 2017 3:42 PM MST
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  • Farting and giggling.
      February 19, 2017 3:57 PM MST
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  • 22891
    depends on the kid, theyre all different
      February 19, 2017 4:49 PM MST
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  • Even in the same family. :)
      February 19, 2017 7:43 PM MST
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  • Mom and Dad 'wrestling" again
    Image result for Kid scared in bed
      February 19, 2017 6:22 PM MST
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  • They gotta keep fit, Glis. ;)
      February 19, 2017 7:44 PM MST
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  • >shudders<
      February 19, 2017 7:45 PM MST
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  • 3191
    I never could figure out why the thought of your parents having sex bothers people.  My Ma did not pop six kids out without a little help from the old man.
      February 19, 2017 8:45 PM MST
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  • It's the mental image of it, not so much the thought of it. I was never uncomfortable talking about it with my parents.
      February 19, 2017 8:48 PM MST
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  • 3191
    My folks liked a bit of afternoon delight now and again.  I can recall them sending us outside to play and going in to ask them something...walked right in on 'em.    
      February 19, 2017 8:54 PM MST
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  • That happened to me too.
      February 19, 2017 8:55 PM MST
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  • Might have been the Holy Spirit.
      March 2, 2017 10:09 PM MST
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  • Dear Didge,

    Well for me, the days were the difficult times of childhood...the world just too rough and hard and cold for me.

    But the nights were always just fine; I still remember my pretty bedroom, from the time I was a toddler...wallpaper with pink roses, Priscilla curtains of organza, and a double wedding ring quilt handmade for me by my grandmother....window facing south, I could watch the moon all night!
    And my parents were just a call away...no nightmare could get through!

    * * *
    As for my children, as you know the best I could come up with was my wonderful little god daughter. She was troubled, recovering from early years with a toxic mom. What we would do is read wonderful stories together before bed, and when she had nightmares - which happened less and less - we would just talk about them, maybe draw them, and sometimes even stay home from school and just do fun things together, great walks in the woods, by the river and such...she breaking trail and helping me along...one of my great success stories in life, she is 26 now and just doing fine. This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at February 20, 2017 3:18 PM MST
      February 19, 2017 7:48 PM MST
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  • I'm so glad you were there for her, Virginia. I'm sure she appreciates you, too.
      February 19, 2017 8:02 PM MST
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  • Another baby cries in the ghetto ( in the ghetto)
      February 19, 2017 8:29 PM MST
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  • 3191
    Elvis...have that on a 45.  :)
      February 19, 2017 8:31 PM MST
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  • But can you find your 45 spider?
      February 19, 2017 8:38 PM MST
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  • 3191
    Don't even have a player at the moment.  :(  
      February 19, 2017 8:41 PM MST
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  • 6988
    My brother-in-law was taught piano by this local lady (now deceased) who always claimed that she created the music for 'In the Ghetto', and had sent it into a 'music contest'. She didn't win anything but 'her' song was 'stolen' for Elvis to use.
      February 19, 2017 9:37 PM MST
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  • You're very thoughtful, WW. My question didn't even consider the kids who have it tough, or lonelyu. Thanks.
      February 19, 2017 10:06 PM MST
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  • 83
    People vaguely chatting in the background. I was a lucid dreamer. :)
      February 19, 2017 8:31 PM MST
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