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Article: Mother, May I?(For Brothers Only)(mothers and sons)
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- Ebony
- Article date:
- May 1, 2006
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As a child growing up in South Carolina, I remember running around the neighborhood with other kids during long summer days, playing whatever games we could think of. While I had old favorites like "Tag" and "Red Rover" down to a science, the one game I always had trouble with was "Mother, May I?"
Remember "Mother, May I?" It was the game where a kid would be the "mother" and the other kids would be the "children." Each child would line up at a particular point and take turns asking "mother" if he or she could take a certain number of steps toward her. It could be something as small as five baby steps, or as large as three giant steps.
Heck, in my ...