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“The children now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise.” - Socrates.
Get over it. Nothing has changed, old people always think young people will ruin the world.
“The children now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise.” - Socrates.
Get over it. Nothing has changed, old people always think young people will ruin the world.
I can assure you that while "old" I am not archaic and will never let go of the things that make life better.
Please, thank you, May I help you? Goals in life, being a good citizen, etc. will never go out of style.
Sit down family dinner every night (no one does this anymore because of schedules)
Movie night with the family at home or out
Actually talking with family instead of texting or having your face stuck to an I-pad/I-phone
As a kid we always sat down for dinner with my mom and dad. There was no such thing as eating dinner in front of the TV
We did not have the technology we have today. Kids actually played outside. I don't see that at all where I live. The kids are either texting/internet surfing or playing video games. When we were kids if we had to go visit a relative or friend for a gathering there was no negotiating. You went whether you liked it or not. Today if kids don't want to do something they simply say no and get away with it.
Sit down family dinner every night (no one does this anymore because of schedules)
Movie night with the family at home or out
Actually talking with family instead of texting or having your face stuck to an I-pad/I-phone
As a kid we always sat down for dinner with my mom and dad. There was no such thing as eating dinner in front of the TV
We did not have the technology we have today. Kids actually played outside. I don't see that at all where I live. The kids are either texting/internet surfing or playing video games. When we were kids if we had to go visit a relative or friend for a gathering there was no negotiating. You went whether you liked it or not. Today if kids don't want to do something they simply say no and get away with it.
We are sisters of different mother's and dad's but definitely sisters.
Seriously though Lubby......do you want to sit down and watch anything from Hollywood, let alone with your children?
Not me, though we haven't been to the movies since Forrest Gump and the only tv show I've watched in last 15 yrs is 'Turn' on AMC.
I'm 56, watch sports and all I see are hard on ads every commercial break. I can only imagine some dad explaining to his son...or daughter what a 4 hr erection is.
mom and dad visit the Caribbean 4x/year without taking the children, leave the kids with the grandparents every other weekend to "get away"
mom and dad complain to the school that Kaighleighee's teacher "failed her in math"
etc. etc.
JMO
This is kind of true. My DD is 2 and I take her everywhere. We get alone time when we can, but as a family, we are a family and we go together.
I want my daughter to spend time and know her grandparents. But we are the parents, and we raise her.
This way, she might want to slightly spend time with me in her teens in the hate phase. If you don't invest in your kids, I don't see how they could know to invest back when they're more independent.
But WE are different. We value the real family values of spending time together, spend days off together, sit outside together and in the living room together, go places as a family, etc. I also value extended family and making it very important to spend holidays and do things together with grandparents, aunts, cousins.But that's just me. Everyone seems more on their own and my peers don't seem to make so much of an effort.
Sit down family dinner every night (no one does this anymore because of schedules)
Movie night with the family at home or out
Actually talking with family instead of texting or having your face stuck to an I-pad/I-phone
As a kid we always sat down for dinner with my mom and dad. There was no such thing as eating dinner in front of the TV
We did not have the technology we have today. Kids actually played outside. I don't see that at all where I live. The kids are either texting/internet surfing or playing video games. When we were kids if we had to go visit a relative or friend for a gathering there was no negotiating. You went whether you liked it or not. Today if kids don't want to do something they simply say no and get away with it.
Family values are not gone because internet is here. It's the new reality. If anyone choose for a relationship to go dead because we have the internet, that's lack of effort. That doesn't mean there are no family values.
Family dinners can also be sitting all together eating in front of the TV. You can talk about your days and enjoy your dinner just the same. It doesn't matter that the TV is on.
I don't think eating dinner with the TV on is a new thing. It's just that it used to be done on tray tables in the living room eating out of an aluminum pan with food from Swanson's.
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