Thunder6 unfortunetly as we grow older we tend to lose the carefree spirit we carried in our younger days. That spirit allowed to ignore the bad and focus on the good. In todays world a lot of people are focused on themselves and only themselves, we are seeing the ME generation. When we were growing up if you displayed rudeness your parents put you in your place, you were raised to respect others or else. In today's generation unfortunetly we have those parents that are terrified by their children, and thus you have the ME ME ME factor rearing it's ugly head, and don't get me wrong, I am not saying all parents think this way but it doesn't take many to create the problem. A simple thing such as respect for others is slowly going out the window. That ability to block out the bad when we were younger, fades with age and responsibility. If you are one that is now noticing the bad then you are the type of person that I for one feel proud to call my friend. That shows that you reconize the need to respect others and do you best to do so. We must focus on the positive, not the negative, to turn things around once again. For those who lack the respect for others, well they will eventually fall to the bottom of the pile, cause sooner or later someone will come along who will not take it and beat them their. Simple values of respect and tollerance is something I like to think is not totally lost but will rise to reclaim the world around us once again. Hang in there Keven we are not all jerks just some....
I think that your response it dead on, however could be used to explain every generation following the current one for hundreds of years. Your father, grandfather, great-grandfather, great-great-grandfather and so on used the exact words to describe the younger generation. Remember, every generation is perceived as worse than the one before them. And curiously enough, it is usually the fault of the older generation as they have groomed the youth of today.
Well fortunetly I was not scared to give my kids a kick in the pants when needed, they were not allowed to disrespect anyone, they were also taught values and to stand on their own two feet and rely on no one.... If I did nothing else right, I did that.
Ya I know Yorkie but look at him now, he drives a race car just like the rest of us fools.
LOL Yes he does, but he has respect for others.. on and off the track, he is a good kid. As a parent I couldn't have asked for more. Your kid is a great kid too, very polite, but also funny.... It's all in the upbringing.....
Just skipping over these messages, yes todays generation is going to pieces. But who can you blame it on???????????
OUR GOVERNMENTS.. They have removed spanking from the schools, they are teaching your children, not to listen to your parents, they do not control you. Look at our courts system???? You can race down a highway at 60Mph. over the speed limit and force a truck off the road, killing its driver a great family man who was a young father ,go to court, be charged, get a life ban on a drivers licence and 200 days house arrest... How in the heck is that going to make people stop and think. Our judicial system is nothing more than a laughing bucket.