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I know I'll catch H E double hockeystix for this, but I'm going ahead into the fray!
One keeps hearing how today's youth has no respect for their elders, property, education, authority figures and on and on and on and on and on...
..lost myself there a minute!
It seems to me that all I keep hearing is how children should have the opportunity to just "be kids and not have to worry about anything but how to get to the movies tonight".
Maybe we should give them back some responsibility. Two hundred years ago, when kids were EXPECTED to pitch in and help the family just survive, children weren't out (for the most part) killing people, joining gangs, etc.
Kids of today don't even have to take responsibility for their own education. Boy I sure did. My parents never seemed to believe that "the teacher just doesn't like me".
Maybe those children of yesteryear were just too exhausted to cause much trouble. Hell, most of them carried their guns to school (if they even got to go) so they could maybe add something to the table that night.
I'm not saying we should put 6 year olds back in factories for 12-14 shifts. But just maybe we should remind them that they are HUMANS and we adults expect them to act as such.
Even the children as recently as the 40's were raised to have respect for others and other's property. We should discontinue thinking that no responsibilty or expectation of becoming self sufficient is a good thing to teach our youth. So many of today's kids don't even have to take on the task of raising their own children. Their enabling parents are doing it!! My mom always said she watch my kids when and IF SHE wanted to, not to show up expecting a free babysitter. She would say "I already raised my kids & I damn sure ain't raising yours". I think this is what many more parents should be saying.
I wanted to post about what I've experienced on these blogs. I've been "hiding" and reading the blogs on this site for several months. I finally figured I could do this with no problem & signed on. I have since discovered this is not as easy as I thought. I have found that my posts make me sound uneducated, sometimes racist, and my opinions don't appear well thought out! I wanted y'all to know, I'm not racist, I am educated and I have legitimate opinions. I don't think I'll try any new posts anytime soon. It has humbled me to no end!! Thanks for allowing me to comment on your posts and I look forward to reading more blogs from people that are better at putting their thoughts on paper than I am!!
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To get everyone thinking...today is "Bring Your Dog to Work Day". What about cats, horses, monkeys? This is racism in its truest form. To discriminate against entire races of animals. Disgusting! HA! HA! Bet you racists thought you were going to have a blast fest!!
