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I (as well) was having a lunch in a very busy restaurant, busier due to taco tuesday, while the Mother was in line, her "adorable" son was playing on the floor with a small car..lucky someone didn't get hurt. I'm the one that told him... sweetheart, maybe you should wait and play with that outside., I finally saw and told the Manager, wouldn't you think he'd have done something on his own since the kid didn't listen to me......my kid never did that and I mean never. Let's talk manners, or have they dissolved?
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Sense of entitlement is the order of the day, unfortunately ):
I'm afraid that for most of the younger generation, they've dissolved, Irene! I had an acquaintance I knew who worked at an Aldi, and she was let go for telling a bratty little 5 year old boy to stop taking stuff off the shelves and putting them back wherever he pleased. Seems the mother got insulted! Not all now....but it seems that for most of the younger folks, they haven't got a clue or the stamina on how to discipline their children...just saying.@Irene_L.A. wrote:
Let's talk manners, or have they dissolved?
Why is it we only remember the problem "younger generation"? I've seen lots of well behaved kids around but we never talk about them. We only remember the problems (and remember most of the time they may be just fine) and then we condemn a whole generation and those who are raising them. Sorry, that's just plain wrong. I know there are problem kids out there. Heck there are plenty of problem adults too. Think of the greedy adults who will do anything to make a buck, and I don't only mean those who go to jail for it.
What's done is done. An egg cracked cannot be cured.
There are 3 kinds of lies. Lies, Damn lies, and statistics.
There are 3 kinds of lies. Lies, Damn lies, and statistics.
In my experience, the well-behaved children are far fewer than the problem children, and far fewer than twenty years ago. Part of this is parents who feel too intimidated by child services and buttinskis to properly discipline their children. Another part is overwhelmed mothers trying to do the work of two parents by themselves. Yet another part is an entitlement mentality. The good news, however, is that Generation Z appears to be swinging the pendulum back to more personal responsibility.@sassymmmm wrote:
Why is it we only remember the problem "younger generation"? I've seen lots of well behaved kids around but we never talk about them.
"Let me offer you my definition of social justice: I keep what I earn and you keep what you earn. Do you disagree? Well then tell me how much of what I earn belongs to you - and why?” ~Walter Williams
"The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers." Attributed variously to either Plato, Socrates, or Aristotle but probably a lot later but it doesn't really matter.
My point is every generation complains about the younger generation in some manner. I grew up in the 60's and 70's and I definitely remember hearing the same things said about my generation that are being said today. Today's young people will undoubtedly complain about the next generation to come along. We have short memories when it comes to our own history. What's the old saying? The more things change the more they stay the same. Or something like that.
My point is every generation complains about the younger generation in some manner. I grew up in the 60's and 70's and I definitely remember hearing the same things said about my generation that are being said today. Today's young people will undoubtedly complain about the next generation to come along. We have short memories when it comes to our own history. What's the old saying? The more things change the more they stay the same. Or something like that.
What's done is done. An egg cracked cannot be cured.
There are 3 kinds of lies. Lies, Damn lies, and statistics.
There are 3 kinds of lies. Lies, Damn lies, and statistics.
Sassy, You do make a point about all generations having their problems with children. I was born in the 50s, and have seen my share of children from various generations, and yes, there have been problems with children in each of the previous generations.
That being said, I must say that I have observed that it seems that more (not all) parents/children of this generation have more problems with discipline. iShop brings up a great point when she says that many times mothers are trying to be two parents instead of one...this no doubt puts a strain on the mother/child relationship in many avenues. There are far too many sociological, economic and other reasons to discuss why the discipline of children has devolved as it has, but it has.
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That being said, I must say that I have observed that it seems that more (not all) parents/children of this generation have more problems with discipline. iShop brings up a great point when she says that many times mothers are trying to be two parents instead of one...this no doubt puts a strain on the mother/child relationship in many avenues. There are far too many sociological, economic and other reasons to discuss why the discipline of children has devolved as it has, but it has.
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Blame it on working Mothers and doughnuts (sugar rush). There's a great doughnut shop next door to Starbucks here and while Mothers sit and gab giving their small kids doughnuts for breakfast, sugar sets in, and makes kids hiper. Food does play a part, as does the words, NO, screaming will keep you home. I also think parents are afraid of their kids, and don't realize disipline is a form of love, feeling quilty for not spending enough time with kids and working while raising kids on your own is a challenge.
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True, but misleading. The things my parents complained about seeing in my generation would not make people today even blink. Every generation has complained about the next because society in general has been on a downward slope for some time now.@sassymmmm wrote:
My point is every generation complains about the younger generation in some manner. I grew up in the 60's and 70's and I definitely remember hearing the same things said about my generation that are being said today. Today's young people will undoubtedly complain about the next generation to come along. We have short memories when it comes to our own history. .
If you're interested in further reading, there's a great study done by Harvard that compared 40 million children to see just why children are or are not moving upward socially, economically, and educationally. [www.rajchetty.com]
"Let me offer you my definition of social justice: I keep what I earn and you keep what you earn. Do you disagree? Well then tell me how much of what I earn belongs to you - and why?” ~Walter Williams
I remember growing up in the 50s, Rock n' Roll. I had long hair cut into a DA, pegged slacks, Orlon sweater buttoned down the back, taps on my penny loafers. My father said, "What happened to my daughter?"
Free expression seems to be the order of the day, kids to parents....of course in my day we weren't rude or disrespectful, we just did what we wanted regardless of what our parents said...
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OMG, I had forgotten all about that style!! haha!! I was born in the early 50's, so I remember a lot of that!@shopper8 wrote:
Orlon sweater buttoned down the back
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