Hawkeye
Well-known member
Now lets step back even further- Those that did learn how to be a parent-those during the 40's and 50's.....then you had the new generations those parents during the late 60's-70's who wanted freedom of choice freedom self expression etc and then you had the sensitivity movement of the late 80's........
What is happening here is just as you said shimmer- no responsibility. They have no idea what the hell they are doing.
Then you have these movements that many people think are just fads but if you watch they really are dangerous.
I mean look at what the kids can and cannot play anymore in school-they can't play red rover! They can't play on swings, they can't hang upside down on monkey bars, they can't be kids any more because the parents want self expression for their sensitive children. God forbid if we have a child that gets hurt playing a game!
If these kids can't be allowed to be kids-then what other choice do they have but to be adults?
You have parents letting them do whatever but at the same time you have the immergance of soccer moms who have every hour of every day planned for their child yet they are still "sensitive children"
But then with that you have the government telling them they can't play like children, you have the schools telling them they can't be kids, you have parents telling them this....
My generation (I'm 25) was one of the last generations to see swingsets on playgrounds.
The kids-have no other choice. Unless there is a movement in this country that makes the government and the schools actually allow kids to be kids then we're going to continue to see this growing trend of rapidly growing kids who try to look like they are more mature than they are when inside all they want to be is kids.
What is happening here is just as you said shimmer- no responsibility. They have no idea what the hell they are doing.
Then you have these movements that many people think are just fads but if you watch they really are dangerous.
I mean look at what the kids can and cannot play anymore in school-they can't play red rover! They can't play on swings, they can't hang upside down on monkey bars, they can't be kids any more because the parents want self expression for their sensitive children. God forbid if we have a child that gets hurt playing a game!
If these kids can't be allowed to be kids-then what other choice do they have but to be adults?
You have parents letting them do whatever but at the same time you have the immergance of soccer moms who have every hour of every day planned for their child yet they are still "sensitive children"
But then with that you have the government telling them they can't play like children, you have the schools telling them they can't be kids, you have parents telling them this....
My generation (I'm 25) was one of the last generations to see swingsets on playgrounds.
The kids-have no other choice. Unless there is a movement in this country that makes the government and the schools actually allow kids to be kids then we're going to continue to see this growing trend of rapidly growing kids who try to look like they are more mature than they are when inside all they want to be is kids.
