Thread: What is wrong with kids today?

I blame parents for almost everything their kids do: bad grades, sexual promiscuity, drug abuse, violence, obesity. There are solutions to every problem and there is no need for any child to have so many problems in their life. PARENTS, TAKE CARE OF YOUR KIDS!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by ilikeGW

I blame parents for almost everything their kids do: bad grades, sexual promiscuity, drug abuse, violence, obesity. There are solutions to every problem and there is no need for any child to have so many problems in their life. PARENTS, TAKE CARE OF YOUR KIDS!!!!!!!!!

Do you occasionaly IM your kids?

Originally Posted by getreal

We had one TV that got three channels- no remote control and it was turned off more than on. We read books for entertainment and took family trips to visit friends in nearby towns. Mom and dad had the final say on all subjects. We ate breakfast and dinner at the dinner table always as a family. Mom never cooked a separate meal for us kids to suit our whims- We all ate whatever mom cooked and were grateful.

Oh My God, that's EXACTLY the way my childhood was growing up!
...and I liked it! Family...Togetherness...what a strange concept!

Originally Posted by getreal

We ate breakfast and dinner at the dinner table always as a family. Mom never cooked a separate meal for us kids to suit our whims- We all ate whatever mom cooked and were grateful......

I remember the same, dinner at the dinner table with the whole family. It's funny, I'm the oldest, and if I had refused dinner my parents would make me sit at the table in front of cold steak until bedtime. This idea of one dinner for one family changed in my house with my youngist sister, she would get whatever suited her. Same parents different philosiphy, strange.

Originally Posted by Sparta

I remember the same, dinner at the dinner table with the whole family. It's funny, I'm the oldest, and if I had refused dinner my parents would make me sit at the table in front of cold steak until bedtime. This idea of one dinner for one family changed in my house with my youngist sister, she would get whatever suited her. Same parents different philosiphy, strange.

HA! I remember those days, late 60's & early 70's, sitting there at the dinner table in front of something I didn't want to eat for what seemed to be forever. Luckily I liked most foods, so it was usually my brother sitting there. But we had to be quiet, not get off our chair and not call the dog or the cat over to be our trash disposal. And usually, if we did not eat it that night before going to bed, my Mom would put it in a container and give it to us the next day! HA! One way or another we would have to eat it!

Damn, why don't I act the same way toward my daughter as my Mom did towards her children? My daughter gets tired of hearing that also, "Yeah, yeah that was you when you were young. I'm not you. Give me food I like only. If not, I'm getting up from the table to go listen to music and dance. If I get hungry right before bedtime, I want to be fed, but only food I like. If you don't feed me, I'm going to call Grandma and tell her that her son is starving his daughter!" **Something like that!** Ah kids these days!!

I haven't read any of this topic yet so please forgive me if this has already been said.
Now, there is only one thing I can say about the headline and that is that it should read, "What is wrong with parents these days?" instead.

Originally Posted by 7 Hills

Me being a 14 year old i am extremely suseptable to hearing this on a daily basis. My first motion of buisness is to complain about standerdized testing. I live in flroida and we have a test called the FCATS and i get such questions like how many pennnies and dimes go into 23 dollars and 67 cents. I know that 4 quarters goes into 1 dollar and 23 one doller bills equals 23 dollars, 6 dimes equals 60 cents, and 3 pennies gives you the grand total of 23 dollars and 63 cents. Wtf?! Also I love to hear teachers say "There just kids, they dont have an opinion!" or my favorite "Your a kid what do you know?"-alot.

But i suppose it is to be expected because my school is a D school, or was so now we are trying to right it. And many of my fellow students could care less about what atmosphere they're in, and most are to fried on bhudda to even opine. But this doesent mean that techers may find me victim to a single minded stereo type.

This countries going to hell in a basket and we're at the hand hold.

By the looks of this short diatribe, you should have never made it out of fifth grade.

What is wrong with kids today. IN short, lack of teachings from parents. When a kid doesnt get taught respect and honor and honesty they go to school and dont have respect for their parents or fellow adults. Thus they dont respect teachers and dont care to learn and fail. Teachers are doing their best. Kids are just retarded. Teachers need more money. For the shit teachers have to go thru expecially subs they should get payed more.

Originally Posted by Sparta

I remember the same, dinner at the dinner table with the whole family. It's funny, I'm the oldest, and if I had refused dinner my parents would make me sit at the table in front of cold steak until bedtime. This idea of one dinner for one family changed in my house with my youngist sister, she would get whatever suited her. Same parents different philosiphy, strange.

Oh god i have those meals. Although most the time its just take out and sometimes libyan food. My mom doesnt cook. Dad does most of it.

Originally Posted by Common Sense Craig

HA! I remember those days, late 60's & early 70's, sitting there at the dinner table in front of something I didn't want to eat for what seemed to be forever. Luckily I liked most foods, so it was usually my brother sitting there. But we had to be quiet, not get off our chair and not call the dog or the cat over to be our trash disposal. And usually, if we did not eat it that night before going to bed, my Mom would put it in a container and give it to us the next day! HA! One way or another we would have to eat it!

Damn, why don't I act the same way toward my daughter as my Mom did towards her children? My daughter gets tired of hearing that also, "Yeah, yeah that was you when you were young. I'm not you. Give me food I like only. If not, I'm getting up from the table to go listen to music and dance. If I get hungry right before bedtime, I want to be fed, but only food I like. If you don't feed me, I'm going to call Grandma and tell her that her son is starving his daughter!" **Something like that!** Ah kids these days!!

Just like you guys, I remember the "eat that or you'll go without" days. Didn't have too many though because we were even more anal than your house. We had Food nights. Monday, Hot dogs and beans, Tues. macaroni or Spaghetti, etc. We knew what to expect and when to get lost.
I grew up in the fifties and early sixties so, that tradition lasted a long time. These latchkey kids are a new phenomenon. Probably born of the economic times where we now need two to even three incomes.
Hell we almost never eat together at the same table. Damn shame I think.
Well, that's my rant.