Lack of strict parenting is our biggest problem

AndreMcGee

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kids don't listen to there parents anymore bruh

the punishments are too weak now dey ain't scared

saw a kid tell his momma to 'stfu' in da store da other day. i was like 'dammmmmnnnnn'

that is why i got alot of respect for Katina, she told her daughters to do something dey didn't back talk her, didn't argue, didn't ask 'why'. if katina said 'go do dat dick over there'...that dick got done bruh
 

cricket3

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So you're saying that the problem with Millenials is that they were raised by Boomers?
 

dgtatu01

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So you're saying that the problem with Millenials is that they were raised by Boomers?
Millennials were raised by Gen-Xer's mostly, especially the Millennials entering the working force over the last 5 years or so that everyone seems to be griping about.
 

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Here's a secret:

Every generation hates the generations that follow them.
Every generation dislikes the one that proceeded them.
Every generation over romanticizes the one their grandparents grew up in.

The end.
 

warrior-cat

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Here's a secret:

Every generation hates the generations that follow them.
Every generation dislikes the one that proceeded them.
Every generation over romanticizes the one their grandparents grew up in.

The end.
Not anymore on the last one. Otherwise, correct.
 

MegaBlue05

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Not anymore on the last one. Otherwise, correct.

I was saying in general. Basically, in my observations, people hate people younger than them (envious of the joys/comforts of youth + they're morons because they're young and don't know half the **** they think they do), dislike their parents' age group (those people were hard on me/I worked for these people) and adore their grandparents (they gave us candy and toys!!)

I'm tail end of Gen-X (born in 80) raised by two boomers born in the late 40s. I ***** about millennials all the time. But, there's good and bad in every gen. I don't get their styles and I hate their ****** music. And they're soft as Charmin.

BUT, the boomers said that stuff to us, grandparents said that stuff to them, and so on.
 

Lexie's Dad

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Here's a secret:

Every generation hates the generations that follow them.
Every generation dislikes the one that proceeded them.
Every generation over romanticizes the one their grandparents grew up in.

The end.
Ehh....

I see your point, but only as a generalization.

I never gaf about boomers. I was only concerned about me getting an opportunity. Most of my friends were the same. We didn't talk about " Gen X " incessantly.

On the other hand, Millenials talk about that like it was earned. IDGAF about your generation, I care about your work ethic and sense of responsibility. Some 20 somethings have plenty, some 40 and 60 year olds have none.

Hell, even the obsessive use of phones and tablets is losing age boundaries. The biggest gap is emphasis on spelling and grammar. Damn Millenials just don't care....
 
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Ehh....

I see your point, but only as a generalization.

I never gaf about boomers. I was only concerned about me getting an opportunity. Most of my friends were the same. We didn't talk about " Gen X " incessantly.

On the other hand, Millenials talk about that like it was earned. IDGAF about your generation, I care about your work ethic and sense of responsibility. Some 20 somethings have plenty, some 40 and 60 year olds have none.

Hell, even the obsessive use of phones and tablets is losing age boundaries. The biggest gap is emphasis on spelling and grammar. Damn Millenials just don't care....
This. My Gen X class mates have ended up a mix of winners, losers, buttheads, nice people, etc...generation is about 1/10th of what determines personality. Generational differences are less important than the genetic lottery...but we aren't supposed to talk about that.

The current culture seems to think that we are the product of whatever bits on nonsense flash across the TV/computer screen, whatever war was fought, and the technology that exists through our formative years. Nothing could be farther from the truth.

Have you ever seen a family with one super-awesome kid and one that is a constant terror? Or a family where one kid gets straight A's and another gets crap grades? Personality is determined to a significant degree by environment, but I think some people just go nuts trying to attribute everything to culture. A HUGE part of it is in the double helix.
 

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I've been sight Westin Washington DC this week, here are a few observations: Logan of millennials walking around in the museums with their heads in their phones. They seem to be recording their lives for playback later vs experiencing the exhibits and artifacts.

Tweenage kids don't seem to care about history (not really surprising), but instead of looking at exhibits of steam trains, rockets, jets, and other assorted stuff, they gravitate towards the interactive computer displays. I really wish the museum would remove the computer setups and force the kids to actually look at things.

But I also try to think in terms of what I would have done or liked as a kid if I had had access to the technology that today's kids have. I don't think any generation ever looks at the one coming up and says that the newer vent has it right.
 

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* When I was 15 I skipped the museums to go to Quiznos.

* I did see the air and space museum which was kind of cool. And Monticello which was dope. Lots of other stuff. But Washington mostly blows if you stay more than a couple days.

* If you grew up with all you can see titties on your pocket computer phone, you wouldn't go to no damn museum. Or you would, but you would be halfway looking at your titty phone.

* #tittyphone
 

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Our biggest problem is a lack of payin' gigs. That and we ain't got no frickin microphone. Messing around on one patio then another, it's ridiculous.
 
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LineSkiCat14

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I spent a week with kids who had zero discipline. They acted like the world was theirs and the parents we're fine, even encouraging them, to think that way. Multiple meltdowns and tantrums a day, excessive whining. Can't tell you how many times they threatened them.. like "If you do it again, we're not going to get ice cream".. they did it again, and they still got ice cream. Not once over the course of a week was a single punishment ever given out.

It was unbearable. And I I'm not the only late 20's early 30's person to witness it. I wonder if parenting is going to take a major backswing. I will not have kids run my life like that. If they hate me for the first 18 years, so be it. They'll be better human beings for it, and life with them will be 100x more enjoyable in their adult years..
 

domino79

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The problem is lack of hills. My parents and grandparents would walk up them to school and back, which apparently really reinforced good character.

Not a lot of hills anymore.

#sadhills
 

bigbluefattycat

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The problem is lack of hills. My parents and grandparents would walk up them to school and back, which apparently really reinforced good character.

Not a lot of hills anymore.

#sadhills

Not a conspiracy theorists but if you want to get rid of Hillbillies then level the hills and put up a walmarts parking lot. No hills. No Hillibillies. Now we just have to figure out what to do with all the white trash in the parking lots.
 

IdaCat

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Need to bring back stoning disobedient children. Old Testament pragmatism!
 

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No way. It's the refined sugars and video games that's the problem. Every kid in 'Murica has ADD and ADHD. We need to give our kids more drugs. Ritalin and Xanax for all.
 

rmattox

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Discipline of kids has to begin with a healthy fear that mom and dad can lower the boom. This must be instilled in a kid during the first 3-4 years of life. After that, logical consequences are a great form of discipline. Unfortunately, in working with parents, they have a very difficult time figuring out logical consequences of specific behaviors.
The primary, underlying issue of discipline though is respect. Kids, nor anyone else for that matter, will consider doing your bidding or even your point of view if they don't respect you. In my work with adults, I'm finding many don't give their kids reason to respect them or live lives worthy of respect. I've learned over the years the person that says, "I deserve the respect of my kids" probably doesn't.