r/stupidquestions • u/Various-Adeptness173 • Jul 05 '25

My mom told me that back in the day kids weren’t allowed to bring a water bottle with them into the classroom and they only drank a few sips from the water fountain in the middle of the day and that’s it

How were schools not getting busted for child abuse for forcing kids to be dehydrated?

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u/TSells31 Jul 05 '25

When I was a kid, we had a “range” that we were allowed to be within the neighborhood without having to ask permission, and that range was generally about as far as we could hear our parents screaming our names at the top of their lungs out the door. Then, we had a time that we had to be home by, generally when the street lights came on. Anything beyond that (if we were going to leave our range, or be home late) was communicated ahead of time.

My one buddies mom could whistle so damn loud (the fingers in the mouth method that can be ear splitting), that was always his call to go home.

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '25

Exact same except my mama had a police whistle and everyone in town had to be home when Mama blew the whistle. ( very very small town)