“Love” Has Many Different Meanings

(1) I love french fries. (2) I love the way I feel when I’m on vacation in Mexico. (3) I love my children. (4) I
love my profession.

All four of these statements are true for me, but the word “love” in each one describes a very different experience. In the first, it means I enjoy having french fries inside my mouth, the way they taste and then swallowing them down. Sentence number two describes a subjective experience of pleasure aroused by my environment. The third sentence applies to emotions I have about other people, while the fourth applies to a value or ideal that I hold.

Does it make any sense to use the word “love” to describe all of these experiences? Are “love” for your kids and “love” for french fries the same thing? On the surface, it seems they have little in common; on the other hand, there are types of love for other people that are quite similar to “loving” french fries.

You must have known men and women who fall in love and want to consume their love object. In everyday speech, we might describe them as overly possessive, or possibly obsessed. In those cases, what we’re calling “love” is virtually an act of consumption, where the other person is controlled and swallowed whole.

When I was growing up, I remember hearing adults cooing to little babies, “Ooh, you are so precious i just want to eat you!” They were articulating a primitive version of love we can all understand on some level. It’s related to the kind of “love” a very small baby would feel for its mother — not as somebody distinct and separate, with feelings of her own, but as something to be eaten from.

As we grow, we hopefully come to see the people in our lives as truly separate; we come to feel concern for their feelings as distinct people, to love them for reasons other than the way they make us feel. Sometimes we’ll even put their feelings above our own desires, though some of us never achieve that kind of love.

Are you able to see your parents as completely separate — not Dad who didn’t spend enough time with you, but John who never got to live out that dream of his; not Mom who is always criticizing you, but Mary who regrets never going to college. Can you see and care about their pain and disappointments in ways that have nothing to do with your own?

Now consider your exes. Do you have a lot of former romantic partners who used to excite you but now fill you with hatred? It’s possible that your relationships was a lot like scuba diving in Mexico, important because of how it made you feel.

Do you have kids? I’ve known parents who felt the need to control their children and dictate their choices; they wanted to make sure their kids led lives that would reflect well upon them as parents. “You have to go to law school so I can feel that I’m a success as a parent.”

In my opinion, that kind of love is awfully close to the love I feel for those french fries in my mouth.

Razor Scooter Series

The Razor kick scooter is the current-day equivalent of the sort of scooter that has been about for 50 years or more. In reality, kids have almost definitely been fixing boards to wheels ever since scrap wheels became available. As with those classic scooters, the Razor kick scooter is driven forward by foot power. That is, you put one foot on the board and push forward, or in other words kick back on the ground with the other.

This method of movement makes this kick scooter an ideal style of transport, exercise and pleasure for kids of all ages. In deed, Razor do not advocate a Razor scooter for the under fives unless supervised by an adult and state in their handbook:

“Children under age eight (8) should ride with adult supervision at all times. All children and preteens should ride with adult guidance at all times”.

This seems pretty strict to me and is almost certainly an instance of over-caution because of the litigious culture we live in. Just try suggesting to a twelve-year that you have to use supervision on all of his or her trips!

Having said that the Razor kick scooter comes in approximately seven different guises. There is the Kiddie Kick scooter for the under fives. It is constructed of tough plastic and has a third wheel for greater steadiness.

Then there is the ‘A’ series of Razor scooters: the A, A2, A3 and AW. These models are more or less equivalent to a child’s development in size, ability and experience, although the highest recommended weight for all three models of Razor scooter is 65 kilos or 143 lbs.

The Razor kick scooter Pro is a leap up in technology and so has more facilities. It can be used for extreme sport and will put up with a rider weighing up to 100 kilos or 220 lbs.

Last, but not least, is the Cruiser Razor scooter. It will carry 79 kilos (175 lbs of weight and has larger wheels as it is intended for laid-back cruising about. The bigger wheels mean that you won’t be conscious of any rough ground beneath you while you are on this Razor scooter.

All of these Razor scooters share comparable characteristics. All of these models of the Razor kick scooter are of very tough manufacture and all but the Razor Kiddie Kick scooter are made of high-grade aluminium and are built to last.

These Razor scooters have extensible steering rods, which means that they can be drawn up to grow with your child or can be used by kids of diverse sizes. They also share a tough braking system which works on the rear wheel, rendering them ultra-safe for use in the vicinity of pedestrians.

A Razor kick scooter begins at about $40 and so is an inexpensive way for you to make certain that your youngster gets regular exercise, gets out from behind his computer, gets some fresh air and sunlight and learns about good manners while having fun being mobile. Apart from all these benefits, a Razor kick scooter will give your child warm memories to look back on for the rest of his or her life.