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Commander Wallace · 05-11-16, 07:57 AM

This is a difficult question to answer. Like most here, I was independent and either biked, walked or jumped on a bus and went whenever I wanted when I was a kid. Some of my best memories were the baseball / softball and football games the boys and girls in the neighborhood played. The owner of the field left it undeveloped for the kids in the neighborhood. It was as great a time as it was innocent. A number of us later on would play Ice Hockey on a small frozen pond. They were such great times.

We as adults tend to look at the problems of teens and dismiss them from our own perspective as being small matters. After all, what do kids know of paying a mortgage and the like ? What is forgotten is, although teens problems may seem small by comparison, so is their ability to deal effectively with their problems. Kids can be pretty cruel to their classmates if they develop faster than their peers they go to school with. I think kids today face challenges most here never had to deal with.

Markus / Mapuc with regards to his gifted niece and I think fireftr18, mentioned something similar in past posts here in the forum. The truth is, with the availability of drugs and bullying and peer pressure, both in school and out and social media bullying as well, parents are having a hard time keeping their children safe and on an even keel. Even worse is when these same precious kids sadly take their own lives from an inability to deal with everything being thrown at them. Inevitably , parents will forever blame themselves for not seeing the " signs " or not being able to help their children through a difficult time.

I think social media conspires against our kids and is generally more harmful to kids than helpful. I think if parents today recognize that and have an honest and open dialog with their children, it will go a long way toward fostering self esteem in these kids which will protect them to a degree from the Ills of society. If kids have understanding and acceptance at home, they will be less likely to look for it outside the home from " destructive influences "

The problem is, households today usually have both parents working just to make ends meet. The point is, parents today have so much working against them with regards to raising their children safely.

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Commander Wallace Navy Seal Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Under the sea in an Octupus garden in the shade Posts: 5,316 Downloads: 366 Uploads: 0	This is a difficult question to answer. Like most here, I was independent and either biked, walked or jumped on a bus and went whenever I wanted when I was a kid. Some of my best memories were the baseball / softball and football games the boys and girls in the neighborhood played. The owner of the field left it undeveloped for the kids in the neighborhood. It was as great a time as it was innocent. A number of us later on would play Ice Hockey on a small frozen pond. They were such great times. We as adults tend to look at the problems of teens and dismiss them from our own perspective as being small matters. After all, what do kids know of paying a mortgage and the like ? What is forgotten is, although teens problems may seem small by comparison, so is their ability to deal effectively with their problems. Kids can be pretty cruel to their classmates if they develop faster than their peers they go to school with. I think kids today face challenges most here never had to deal with. Markus / Mapuc with regards to his gifted niece and I think fireftr18, mentioned something similar in past posts here in the forum. The truth is, with the availability of drugs and bullying and peer pressure, both in school and out and social media bullying as well, parents are having a hard time keeping their children safe and on an even keel. Even worse is when these same precious kids sadly take their own lives from an inability to deal with everything being thrown at them. Inevitably , parents will forever blame themselves for not seeing the " signs " or not being able to help their children through a difficult time. I think social media conspires against our kids and is generally more harmful to kids than helpful. I think if parents today recognize that and have an honest and open dialog with their children, it will go a long way toward fostering self esteem in these kids which will protect them to a degree from the Ills of society. If kids have understanding and acceptance at home, they will be less likely to look for it outside the home from " destructive influences " The problem is, households today usually have both parents working just to make ends meet. The point is, parents today have so much working against them with regards to raising their children safely.