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rockylizard · Guru

Pertinent Advice

KFT · Guru

agree wholheartedly, but how do you get that message through to the younger generations? they certainly will not listen to "old people" despite the fact that we have been there and done that.

just look at the problems volunteer organisations are having getting members. They all ask what's in it for me!!!

where have these social expectations come from?

where has the spirit of community gone?

end of rant

frank

petengail · Guru

Applies to lots of people and not all of them are children....far from it

Happywanderer · The Master

Maybe put it on their pages on facebook. They just might read it.

Gerty Dancer · Guru

Love it!

jimricho · Guru

petengail wrote:
Applies to lots of people and not all of them are children....far from it

Hear Hear!

"The world owes me a living" syndrome afflicts people of all ages including some of us old farts.

Santa · Guru

Sadly you cant put an old head on young shoulders, kids are kids (remember when you were one of em?) and we do need to cut em a little slack.
When I find myself getting hot under the collar about the actions of kids I indulge in a little self reflection, it can be very enlightening.

justcruisin01 · Guru

rockylizard wrote:

Truer words were never spoken.!!!!

JC.

neilnruth · Guru

Yes, totally agree. with this snippet.

jimricho · Guru

This article could have been written any time in the last 100 years or so. When I was in my teens (50 years ago) the "oldies" were saying the same things about us. There has always been a minority of layabouts and those that "go off the rails" but the majority of young folk that I have come across over the years have been good people, often working hard to set themselves up for a successful future.

Anyone who suggests that their generation was perfect when they were young has a either bad memory or is being dishonest with themselves.

The newspaper cutting may well apply to a minority and was quoting a judge who would have disproportionately come in contact with that minority. To take a broad brush and apply it to all young people is fallacious in the extreme.

jules47 · The Happy Helper

Jimricho - you been eating smarties for brekky???? "fallacious" - big word so early in the morning!!!!

But I do agree - I see my grandkids doing things exactly the same as when I was young - as a teenager, who wasn't told to go clean your room, when you said you were bored!!

Have a 15 yr old grandaughter, who is "off the rails"- she knows when she does the wrong thing, but just keeps hanging with the wrong crowd - I can't think too badly of her, because I was always being told by my parents to keep away from certain kids in our area - but always gravitated towards them - they seemed to be having more fun!!! biggrin biggrin

neilnruth · Guru

It's always good when they finally grow up, become responsible adults and admit that 'that was when I was off the rails Mum, I'm not like that now' - when something comes up in conversation.

jimricho · Guru

jules47 wrote:
Jimricho - you been eating smarties for brekky???? "fallacious" - big word so early in the morning!!!!

No, just my usual dose of Smart-a*** pills!

Had me worried for a bit there Jules, had to go to the dictionary to check to make sure I hadn't used a malapropism! (the pills haven't worn off yet wink )

the rocket · Guru

a very wise person thought this up. precious, very precious.

jimricho · Guru

the rocket wrote:
a very wise person thought this up. precious, very precious.

That wise person was Judge Phillip B Gilliam of Denver Colorado and the original was written in 1959!

In 1959 I was 16, (right in the middle of the target age group), and studying for my Leaving Certificate. If it applies to all teenagers it means that at some time in the past it applied just as much to us!

http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/off-topic/1212845/

http://www.thepiercecountytribune.com/page/content.detail/id/501139/No-holds-barred-message-to-teens.html?nav=5011