How We Become the Past

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I learned from my friend Eve today that public pools rarely have diving boards anymore, and none have high dives. The insurance risk has become too great. Another way in which children today miss out. And another way in which my own childhood has become a whole different era. When I was growing up, going off the high dive for the first time was a rite of passage. Now it's gone the way of unattended play outdoors and walking to school.

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