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Originally posted by SpaceMonkeys
reply to post by agent violet
yeah but it depends who its aimed at. Young girls arent asking for barbie dolls for xmas anymore, they are asking for thongs. There has been a disctinctive shift these passed few decades of children growing up far too quickly. Turn on MTV and you will think you are watching a softcore porn channel, it didnt used to be like that. And now kids have celebrities to look up to as if they know whats best for kids. We round up brainless, obnoxious, superficial morons we call celebrities to entertain our children.....wonderful! At least Bob Dilan had a brain!
" But don't come crying back to me when the Sh!t hits the fan, because i'll just tell you, I told you so"
Originally posted by Sundancer
When I was a kid there were around 100 other kids in an upper middle class neighborhood.
We jumped off the roof into the pool, had BB guns, and tree houses. We rode in the back of pick up trucks, rode our bikes up and down the streets, gone for an easy 8 hours at a time without parental supervision.
The older kids looked out for the younger ones, the middle kids fed the younger ones mud pies made from suzi bake ovens and we all had our butts back home in time for dinner when the street lights came on.
We all lived.
There weren't many girls having abortions at 14 because we weren't having intercourse. It wasn't because we were on the pill, and believe me, it wasn't because we didn't have the opportunity. Virgins at 17 and 18 were still common.
When did kids get so stupid that we could no longer allow them to be kids?
Why don't kids play outside in the states anymore?
There were pervs and killers when I was growing up too. What happened?
Was it because of the government, did our kids get dumber, or is it the parents?
[edit on 15-10-2009 by Sundancer]
Originally posted by Chovy
You never had xbox or playstation when you were a kid.
Now kids think killing things is fun.
Originally posted by Sundancer
When did kids get so stupid that we could no longer allow them to be kids?
Why don't kids play outside in the states anymore?
did our kids get dumber, or is it the parents?
[edit on 15-10-2009 by Sundancer]