Okay, I know that throughout these past few years that everyone has noticed the change in the children of our country. I'm not saying that all kids have changed, but a good majority of them, especially in California, have been corrupted at an early age. Kids do not know how to be kids anymore. I remember when I was younger, I used to have to use my imagination to play. If I wanted to entertain myself, I would jump on my bike and go play cops and robbers with my brother and our neighbors down the street. Around here, I hardly ever see little kids riding their bikes or doing anything outside anymore. The only kids I see riding their bikes anymore are little thugs who go around causing trouble in the neighborhood. When I say little thugs, I mean little thugs. I am talking about kids that are seven, eight, and nine years old going around and tagging our walls, t.p.-ing people's houses, and beating up stray animals. I was actually surprised, when I recently lived in Idaho, that the kids there were still innocent.
What is up with the "potty mouths" on some of these kids today? Is it because of the violent video games the boys play? Or the content of the movies or tv shows some of the kids are watching. I was watching a tv show with one of the young girls I take care of. Guess what this seven year old was watching? Gossip Girl. She occassionally watches those reality shows like The Hills, Keeping Up With the Kardashians, etc. I never knew what these shows were until she told me about them. I personally do not watch too much tv. When I do, I mostly watch the Health Channel, Discovery, History, etc. That's just who I've always been as a person. Plus, these channels are relative to the content of my college courses.
Maybe it's just California because the kids are so influenced by Hollywood. A couple of my little cousins, with their parents approval, actually idolize Marilyn Monroe, Hugh Hefner's (did I spell that correctly) Playboy Bunny girlfriends, and several more of those actresses that seem to lack morals these days. I have overheard some of my nine and ten year old cousins already discussing getting breast implants. Me, when I was that age, I didn't even know what breast implants were.
One of my ex-friends has four little girls. The oldest, at the age of eight, was already doing dares of how far to go with a boy. Letting the boys touch her under her shirt (touch what? I have no idea since girls are still flat chested at that age) My friend knew about it and did nothing to reprimand her daughter. And people wonder why their daughters are getting pregnant at the age of thirteen! Her other daughter already had a tattoo on her ankle at the age of SIX! Can you believe that?! Her daddy happened to be a tattoo artist and felt like giving her a tattoo one day when she asked him if she could have one. Yes, that's a good reason to give a six year old a tattoo, because she wanted one. Anyways, these are just a couple of examples of why I am no longer friends with this woman.
I don't know, maybe it's because so many kids (young teens) are raising kids, that the children are changing into rude little adults. I see little kids yelling at their young parents, and all their young parents do is give in to the kids, instead of reprimand them, or laugh at them. Yeah, it's going to be funny when your kid is the one calling the shots when they get a little older, stressing you out. You'll be asking yourself "Where did I go wrong?" Uh, hello? You went wrong when you didn't raise them right as small children. I may sound like I am pinpointing a certain group, which I am not trying to do. I am just saying that these young parents are just too young to know how to properly raise children. No all young parents are this way. Some actually succeed in raising a child. Myabe, what I am trying to say, is that the selfish parents are ones who can not properly raise a child. Parents who still want to be young and can't accept the fact that they are the adults and need to act like adults. Sure, a parent can be fun, but don't overdue it to the point where you neglect doing the right thing in the end. Don't allow your child to lose respect for you and walk all over you. Do fun things with your kids, but don't get carried away with trying to be "cool". In the end, kids want adults that they can turn to, not someone who will try to out do them with being "cool", "hot", or "sexy". In fact kids only make fun of their parents when they act this way.
I do want to say once more, that not all kids have changed for the worse. I want to applaud those of you parents who have raised wonderful, polite young kids who still know how to be kids. You know who you are. You've done a great job in raising them. Keep up the good work!
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I agree, kids these days are assholes (I'm a prime example), but they get that way not just from poor parenting alone, they get that way from the shitty culture in this great land of ours. Emphasis is put on superficial qualities such as looks and money, and worst of all the majority of people accepts it without question. Everyone has within them an inate desire to be accepted in a group. The obvious way to get accepted into a group is to adopt the group's characteristics and traits, and the way to climb the social ladder to the top of that group is to take those traits to the extreme. With a culture that puts such heavy emphasis on thug life and being tough (for males) and being a good looking whore (for females) its no suprise how today's youth has turned out. Its kind of ironic once you think about it, all the gangstas and thugs put on a facade of toughness because they were too weak to hold on to their individuality.
The only thing left to do now is grab a lawn chair and a beer and watch as American society crumbles to the ground. Enjoy the show.
Well, personally I like those shows, you know, The Hills, keeping up with the kardashians,etc, but a seven year old?! When I was ten my dad didn't let me stay up until ten o'clock to see a show I really liked! And my parents are not strict at all but they do have common sense. They won't even let me have one highlight in my hair!