Barbed Wire

Thankfully the playgrounds that I grew up on were not lined with barbed wire fences. They confine kids’ ambitions to what the adults want the kids to dream about. Instead of spacemen, or firefighters kids need more realistic dreams like accountants or salespeople. Adults put fences onto kid's playgrounds, to make sure the kids have fun, but don't wander too far from the jungle gym. In doing so ambitions are restricted to the limited imagination of their adult teachers. Barbed wire fences add another part to the equation. That if a child's creativity exceeds the boundaries of the wood chips then they won't just be blocked, but punished and physically hurt. Blood might spill because an inner city kid dreamt of being a ninja. Unable to break the chain link fences they build more fences to protect their own kids. How can the youth pull their community of desuetude? When their playgrounds are lined with barbed wire.