Ok so I do admit quite a few "Oldies" 
on this forum but that doesn't mean you are right all the time. I remember reading a couple of posts awhile back, I think was a bit harsh on the youngsters. You said, "they are lazy and dumb". You do realize "love" is also a 4 letter word. Anyhow upon reading the posts, I was so shock to see those words used in such manner. I was depressed for days. Couldn't think clear with the feeling of worthlessness hanging over me like a dark cloud on a sunny day. I mean how could you. Was it not them you took to the Ice Cream Shop when they cried their buns off? Was it not them who asked you nagging questions? Was it not them who made you laugh? Was it not them a reason to go on living? Your son/daughter went out, was it not them dropped off at your house even though you had plan and you didn't care cause the sight of seeing your grandkids made you smile reminding you of you when you were much younger giving your grandparents a hard time because you could realizing that they could do you no wrong because you were YOU? I rest my case. They are our future for heaven sake. Although I didn't fit the subject of such characterization, I was some what offended. Whether you realize it or not, today kids have more responsibilities. More so than you do when you were a kid. <br /><br />For instance, in your younger days, you walked to school. You wake up and a lunch bag was ready to go. You ate what was in the lunch bag and you got along with every kid on the playground. Little Sue was your friend who happened to be a girl and little Johnny was your (bestest) friend. He walked with you on your way to school and back. he played with you in school and again at home. You didn't have to worry about wearing the wrong color clothes cause everyone wore white. On occasion a cutie asked you out and you said yes but you never went out beyond the school playground. As you can see, you had NO RESPONSIBILITY". <br /><br />Well I hate to tell you this but time has changed. Kids no longer do the things you did. They no longer walk to school. They no longer eat lunch packed by moms. Schools become a fashion show. When little Sue ask if you want to go out, to see a movie is not what's on her mind. You have to bypass 1st, second and third base and head straight for the home plate. All these changes just to mention a few, come with greater responsibility. <br /><br />1) driving to school: kids nowadays have to pay for car maintenance fees, buy insurance, registration and other government fees so congress can give themselves a pay raise in addition to budgeting between buying gas to go pick up little Sue or eat.<br /><br />2) Kids no longer eat lunch packed by moms. Not a kool thing to open a brown lunch bag at school. That is so 60, 70, 80's. This is 06. So kids drive out to pay for their lunch cause free/cheap lunch offers by school is just cheap.<br /><br />3) Going out takes on a new twist. After you drop little Sue off, you have to follow up by taking her to a clinic at least once a month. If you're unlucky expect to pay for it the next 18 years.<br /><br /><br />Folks in all honesty, kids today do have more responsibilities. So the next time you see your grandkids, consider the things they will go through in the near future. Please use positive words such as: LOVE, SPECIAL, SMART, PRECIOUS just to name a few. Can someone please add a few more? Thanks!<br /><br />One last thing. Had my parents say those words to me often, I would have been someone better than I am now. Perhaps a Politician. Good Luck to you.
on this forum but that doesn't mean you are right all the time. I remember reading a couple of posts awhile back, I think was a bit harsh on the youngsters. You said, "they are lazy and dumb". You do realize "love" is also a 4 letter word. Anyhow upon reading the posts, I was so shock to see those words used in such manner. I was depressed for days. Couldn't think clear with the feeling of worthlessness hanging over me like a dark cloud on a sunny day. I mean how could you. Was it not them you took to the Ice Cream Shop when they cried their buns off? Was it not them who asked you nagging questions? Was it not them who made you laugh? Was it not them a reason to go on living? Your son/daughter went out, was it not them dropped off at your house even though you had plan and you didn't care cause the sight of seeing your grandkids made you smile reminding you of you when you were much younger giving your grandparents a hard time because you could realizing that they could do you no wrong because you were YOU? I rest my case. They are our future for heaven sake. Although I didn't fit the subject of such characterization, I was some what offended. Whether you realize it or not, today kids have more responsibilities. More so than you do when you were a kid. <br /><br />For instance, in your younger days, you walked to school. You wake up and a lunch bag was ready to go. You ate what was in the lunch bag and you got along with every kid on the playground. Little Sue was your friend who happened to be a girl and little Johnny was your (bestest) friend. He walked with you on your way to school and back. he played with you in school and again at home. You didn't have to worry about wearing the wrong color clothes cause everyone wore white. On occasion a cutie asked you out and you said yes but you never went out beyond the school playground. As you can see, you had NO RESPONSIBILITY". <br /><br />Well I hate to tell you this but time has changed. Kids no longer do the things you did. They no longer walk to school. They no longer eat lunch packed by moms. Schools become a fashion show. When little Sue ask if you want to go out, to see a movie is not what's on her mind. You have to bypass 1st, second and third base and head straight for the home plate. All these changes just to mention a few, come with greater responsibility. <br /><br />1) driving to school: kids nowadays have to pay for car maintenance fees, buy insurance, registration and other government fees so congress can give themselves a pay raise in addition to budgeting between buying gas to go pick up little Sue or eat.<br /><br />2) Kids no longer eat lunch packed by moms. Not a kool thing to open a brown lunch bag at school. That is so 60, 70, 80's. This is 06. So kids drive out to pay for their lunch cause free/cheap lunch offers by school is just cheap.<br /><br />3) Going out takes on a new twist. After you drop little Sue off, you have to follow up by taking her to a clinic at least once a month. If you're unlucky expect to pay for it the next 18 years.<br /><br /><br />Folks in all honesty, kids today do have more responsibilities. So the next time you see your grandkids, consider the things they will go through in the near future. Please use positive words such as: LOVE, SPECIAL, SMART, PRECIOUS just to name a few. Can someone please add a few more? Thanks!<br /><br />One last thing. Had my parents say those words to me often, I would have been someone better than I am now. Perhaps a Politician. Good Luck to you.
