What happened to kids these days?

[gimpy117]

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationwo...,4629043.story

to gang up on a kid, shoot him 3 times etc. etc...what did he do to them?

this just in...the motive

Authorities believe Bargo hated the young teen because he had hit Bargo’s ex-girlfriend

[Armistead]

I guess stuff like this has been happening regardless of the time, but kids do seem to be crueler This generation of kids seem so much more immature than my generation, obese and lazy, more apt to live at home into their 20's. No doubt they're desensitized with all the violence they watch to a degree.

In the end it comes down to parents, many today are friends and let kids do as they please.

My guess is the next generation will revert to the farm age if they want to eat.

In general, I hate kids...

[Betonov]

Originally Posted by Armistead

... more apt to live at home into their 20's.

Hey, It's the economy

Comming home and trashing your child with a belt because you had a bad day or giving your kid a slap because he was mouthing off back at you. One is violence and one is teaching your kid who's the boss. I know which is which, everyone at subsim knows which is which, but the social services say that both are violence and it is bad for the childs development. Yes I see what pyschopat I have become because my father gave a slab around the ears when I was a brat and my father is also a menace to society with a honest job, no police record and his disquisting ability too keep quiet when necessary all because his father took him to the sheed once in a while. What violent maniacs my ancestors were, I'm surprised we're still alive. And our mothers, my my, if my dad hit me I'd run crying to mommy and she gave me another slap for making a racket.
Our hands are tied because we are supposed to talk to our children. To become friends with them, equals. It's like these children psychologists don't even know how a child thinks. Children are selfish, egocentric and how not yet learned how actions can come back to haunt you in a long run. I know I was. How am I supposed to talk to someone like that.

[Respenus]

Originally Posted by Betonov

Yes I see what pyschopat I have become because my father gave a slab around the ears when I was a brat /.../

Well Betonov, you've put it better than I ever could and I have tried many times to present the same argument. You are right, there is a difference between beating a child up because not everything is right in your head and giving him a lesson. People are animals, children more so, as they do not have the knowledge of the causality of their actions. I'm not saying every single thing needs to be beaten in, far from it, the more they can learn peacefully, the better. Yet there are times, when only the hand/stick/belt talks and I'll be damned if I'll let anyone dictate what I can and cannot do. You wish to raise my child? Be my guest, come and take him and bother me no more! (This last was a gross exaggeration, I would never give up my own child, it was merely a presentation of principle).

Oh, and God forbid teachers can say or do anything to a child, or the parent's will have the headmaster barking at them in no time. Nowadays, the school system is supposed to both raise and educate them, but God forbid they try any of those two things. It was bad when I was growing up, luckily had my parents taking an interest in the well-being of their child. I wanted for nothing, but knew it was because I worked hard at school. Today, if the prevalent mentality seems to be "Give them what they want and they'll leave us alone for a while". So, in the end, it is the economy which is partly to blame also in this regard, as parents seem to be forced to waste their time surviving, rather than bringing up the next generation. Which begs the question, how did they manage when they had to work for more than 8 hours a day and had no or very little free time or holidays to take care of things? How did they manage indeed?

[CCIP]

"These days?". I thought deadly revenge for insulting, let along hitting, a lady was considered the most chivalrous obligation for centuries

[gimpy117]

Originally Posted by CCIP

"These days?". I thought deadly revenge for insulting, let along hitting, a lady was considered the most chivalrous obligation for centuries

even in the day, tricking a kid into a trap, and then ganging up on him with 2 other guys would be dishonor. they used to do things as men.

[Armistead]

Yea, when we were kids we walked the line, our butts were open season to parents, teachers, relative, etc... I was never abused, got some good whoops from some. Now my Dad, when he spanked he did use a belt and whooped the fire out of us. Line all us kids up and await your turn. I got several I didn't deserve, but missed out on several I did. I certainly think some spanking was overdone in my generation, but it didn't ruin us.

I think kids are being taught at school that spanking is abuse and to call the cops if a parent hits today.

[Growler]

Modern Western Society is protecting our children to death.