Re: Spinoff from Rich Girls post: Do you find today's teenage generation extremely RUDE?
I can't wait til all of you are parents!!! I think the parents of teenagers today have a much more difficult job raising them than our parents did (and I am a baby boomer parent BTW). Yes I wanted to give my kids everything. Most parents want to. But here are some major differences I see.
1. More 2 working parent households. It is so expensive to live on LI and NYC that it often takes 2 incomes to afford mortgages and bills. More children are in daycare or with babysitters or home alone. They are losing the tight reins that our parents were able to put on us.
2. More single parent homes due to divorce or non married parents. Again kids without parental supervision left to their own devices.
3. Tighter reins on parents in general. All of the supposed experts who espoused giving kids time outs and more gentle parenting. A good old fashioned spanking worked wonders with us! Our parents didn't have to worry that someone would call Child Protective Services on them either.
4. More parents concerned about themselves and less about their kids. While Mom is at the gym and dad is playing golf, where are their kids? Do they even know?
I do think that teenagers today are absolutely more rude than we were. But I also think that most parents try. My children were brought up to respect other people and they do. Neither of them would even consider being anything but considerate to others. It's just not in their makeup.
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1. More 2 working parent households. It is so expensive to live on LI and NYC that it often takes 2 incomes to afford mortgages and bills. More children are in daycare or with babysitters or home alone. They are losing the tight reins that our parents were able to put on us.
2. More single parent homes due to divorce or non married parents. Again kids without parental supervision left to their own devices.
3. Tighter reins on parents in general. All of the supposed experts who espoused giving kids time outs and more gentle parenting. A good old fashioned spanking worked wonders with us! Our parents didn't have to worry that someone would call Child Protective Services on them either.
4. More parents concerned about themselves and less about their kids. While Mom is at the gym and dad is playing golf, where are their kids? Do they even know?
I do think that teenagers today are absolutely more rude than we were. But I also think that most parents try. My children were brought up to respect other people and they do. Neither of them would even consider being anything but considerate to others. It's just not in their makeup.
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