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[quote=Anonymous]I grew up here in the Northern Virginia suburbs.  We roamed the neighborhood, went to the pool, rode bikes, and generally had a very 1980s childhood.  The boy down the street constantly sexually harassed us.  The mother of one of my friends screamed at us if we came near their yard.  Another mom did not allow her kids to play with anyone she deemed “less than” which meant anyone not a member of their church.  One of my friends brothers spread rumors about me and other kids in the neighborhood just because the attention he got was fun.  When we vacationed, it was in a small town where our family is from that has been economically depressed since the Coolidge administration.  By the time I was 15, most of the girls in the town were having their second children.  But there was a beautiful beach.  So yeah it was “idyllic” but it had its drawbacks.  My kid spends several weeks at a sleepaway camp she loves.  We go on vacation and she plays a fall sport so she starts back to school earlier than most.  Her summers are *way* better.  [/quote]

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