Fingolfin269
Lifer
- Feb 28, 2003
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Are you saying the nostalgia represented in the op isn't a true statement for the majority born in that time range? Hell, I was born in 77 and still got a kick out of every point. It described everything from my childhood perfectly. Drinking from the waterhose wooo!
it's true, prior to 1979, there were no over-protective parents, and post-1979, there are no parents who are ok letting their kids be kids.
/facepalm
say what you want, but I'd take my generation over the baby boomers any day of the week.
/facepalm
say what you want, but I'd take my generation over the baby boomers any day of the week.
Aren't you the same person that has vehemently argued in the past for the prohibition of alcohol? Yet you're posting a list about risk-taking and personal responsibility?
C'maaaaan.
destrekor
Lifer
- Nov 18, 2005
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I was born in 1987, and my childhood was basically the same as that, save for a few differences in available technology. 
And I will strive to keep that going whenever I get the chance to have and raise kids. My kids aren't going to live in a pussified bubble of existence, dammit. You don't learn to handle the realities of life until you face them a few times. Falling off a bike and scraping some bones, maybe your head, only helps force you to learn faster. I learned to ride a bike without a helmet. I'm still here. Hell, I fell off a bike when I was older on multiple occasions. I actually never broke a bone and never even had stitches until I had a workplace accident with broken glass on my palm. As I kid I was always in situations that could end badly, usually when they did it was just bumps and bruises or scrapes somehow, and not once was I told to wear something protective.
As I aged I got into the technology things and yep, I don't know what I'd do without a cell phone. And video games do take up a lot of time, less time outdoors these days. Going to try and pass the same early childhood onto my kids as I had. And yep, that includes letting kids go off on their own. Me and my sister were often out alone, and not one of us got picked up by a child molester.
And I will strive to keep that going whenever I get the chance to have and raise kids. My kids aren't going to live in a pussified bubble of existence, dammit. You don't learn to handle the realities of life until you face them a few times. Falling off a bike and scraping some bones, maybe your head, only helps force you to learn faster.
I learned to ride a bike without a helmet. I'm still here. Hell, I fell off a bike when I was older on multiple occasions. I actually never broke a bone and never even had stitches until I had a workplace accident with broken glass on my palm. As I kid I was always in situations that could end badly, usually when they did it was just bumps and bruises or scrapes somehow, and not once was I told to wear something protective. As I aged I got into the technology things and yep, I don't know what I'd do without a cell phone. And video games do take up a lot of time, less time outdoors these days. Going to try and pass the same early childhood onto my kids as I had. And yep, that includes letting kids go off on their own. Me and my sister were often out alone, and not one of us got picked up by a child molester.
The Stigenator
Lifer
- Oct 9, 1999
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- Aug 28, 2001
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Yes I'm the one who has a very strong stance against alcohol. It is one "fun thing" that I do not approve of because even if you have a good time, the negatives (rape, accidents, grave misjudgments, deaths) far outweigh those good times. If you think things like riding in cars without a seatbelt, drinking out of a hose, and climbing trees, is on the same level of irresponsibility as impairing your judgment purposely which could lead to others' harm, then I guess you'd be right. No, I don't agree with taking drugs either... but one thing at a time... I mean you can't buy drugs at the grocery store... I really don't feel like talking about that all over again... dig up the old thread if you want to though.
sandorski
No Lifer
- Oct 10, 1999
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Marlin has a point. All that was mentioned in the OP is true(ish), for those of us who are still here. I did some pretty stupid things when I was a kid and had some mishaps that could have been the end of me too. I was lucky though and am still alive to look back at it.
JM Aggie08
Diamond Member
- Jan 3, 2006
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I don't think it has much to do with the era you were raised in, but more with the parents that brought you up.
I'm a sophomore in college, and distinctly remember doing more than 3/4 of the things stated in the email, not because we were underprivileged, but because our parents pushed for us to be outside, and live on the edge. And by "on the edge", i don't mean dangerously, but I was raised to not be a pussy.
We were taught the value of money and that is a privilege for one to have money and not squander it. My parents raised me like theirs did, not using teaching implements, but just good ol knowhow and experience. I received my first BB gun at age 7, a handmedown from my dad, and frequently shot at cans and milk jugs in my back yard (we did and have always lived in the city).
While teething, my dad would put whiskey on the nipple of my bottle to dull the pain.
Nature v. Nurture.
I'm a sophomore in college, and distinctly remember doing more than 3/4 of the things stated in the email, not because we were underprivileged, but because our parents pushed for us to be outside, and live on the edge. And by "on the edge", i don't mean dangerously, but I was raised to not be a pussy.
We were taught the value of money and that is a privilege for one to have money and not squander it. My parents raised me like theirs did, not using teaching implements, but just good ol knowhow and experience. I received my first BB gun at age 7, a handmedown from my dad, and frequently shot at cans and milk jugs in my back yard (we did and have always lived in the city).
While teething, my dad would put whiskey on the nipple of my bottle to dull the pain.
Nature v. Nurture.
Red Squirrel
No Lifer
Anubis
No Lifer
Modelworks
Lifer
- Feb 22, 2007
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If you look at the percentage of kids that play outside it is shrinking every year . Many come home from school and then sit on the couch till they go to bed. I never did that when I was growing up, we had 3 tv stations and those didn't have anything kids wanted to watch except on saturday morning. We always went outside. We lived near a huge pile of sawdust, about 200 feet high, from an old sawmill that had closed. We would run up to the top, push each other down the sides, break a wrist, great fun.
xanis
Lifer
- Sep 11, 2005
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Pretty much. Kids are gigantic pussies these days because their parents hover over them and ensure that they don't do anything remotely dangerous. When I was a kid and I got hurt by falling off my bike or doing something stupid, my mom or dad would always say, "Well, I guess you'll be more careful and pay more attention next time." THAT is what's wrong with today's kids... they're not allowed to figure out shit on their own because their parents hover over them 24/7.
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