>>I wonder when parents will actually start /raising/ their kids again.
> I think modern day parents spend more quality time with their kids than
in my
> day. They seem kinder to their kids. You never see parents smacking
their
> kids today. Public tantrums seem rare too.
That does heavily depend on your location. I tend to agree with you here,
but I
also wonder if this is actually a good thing. Because on the other hand I
also
see quite an increase in "whining kids" where the parents eventually give
in,
my personal impression here is to get rid of the whining.
No more; "No, when I tell you no then its no". That seems to be swapped
for
giving the kid what he wants when he's making a big enough fuss about it.
Heck;
I see kids here drinking / eating stuff from the supermarket even before
it has
been paid for at the cash registry.
Can you blame the parents? Yes and no IMO. A lot of the current generation
has
indeed been raised in a very loose way as you said yourself. "Freedom,
happyness, let the kids decide for themselves". I'm pretty sure a lot have
managed to come out of that ok. But what about the others? And can you
expect
those guys to have what it takes to actually raise a kid ?
And that also reflects our (Dutch) educational system. Things are slowly
getting back to normal around here but still; pupils who need to have a
say in
what kind of teachers get hired? Are you fscking kidding me?
Its like your example with regards to text speech.. Devaluation, things
need to
become easier and easier all the time because you can't possibly expect
those
people to take effort.
But the main issue here is focussing on /why/ IMO. One reason; because
they
don't know any better. If $mom has always given you what you wanted and
has
very VERY seldom said no to you, can you expect such a kid to be able and
raise
the patience in order to get things done.. on his own?
And IMO you see this tendency happening everywhere. Even in Java
programming
("I have no time to learn HTML because I need to get this webservice
project
finished" (quote from #java on undernet)).
<sigh>
Groetjes, Peter
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