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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 548138" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>SuZir</p><p></p><p>You might be proud of difficult child's observations as he was pretty accurate on many. </p><p></p><p>I'm not sure what you mean by "work is cheap" but we do have a lot of unskilled labor jobs, they just don't pay well and most don't have or have few benefits</p><p></p><p>Extreme size thing might be dead on. I don't live near New York, so can't say for sure but we have a major problem with obesity here due to those enormous proportion sizes he experienced and a booming junk food market. Show an american a normal portion size and they might faint, or at least call you a liar. The fast food industry wars (super size please) have made the problem much worse. </p><p></p><p>We do have too much packaging, way too much. And few recycle.</p><p></p><p>Automatic transmissions are popular, but many still like the manuals. I can drive both, but prefer the automatic. easy child and sister in law drive both. </p><p></p><p>Work IS the center of things and being busy (or rushed) is the popular thing, even if a person really doesn't have anything to be rushed about.......they'll drum up something if needed. I do my best to avoid being rushed but our society is geared that way and it makes it difficult.</p><p></p><p>School, I have to agree with you on. I've thought of homework as "make work" since I was very young, I've seen nothing to change my mind as an adult. Each year it seems someone somewhere decides kids aren't doing enough of this make work and so require much more be done. in my opinion it's having the opposite effect on our kids. Instead of helping them to learn, they're growing bored with the material or confused with how it's presented or both. in my opinion they're also trying to introduce certain concepts much much too young. A child still needs a chance to be a child.</p><p></p><p>When I was a kid there was an hour for lunch and a morning recess, sometimes an afternoon recess if the teacher felt we were too fidgety. I know Darrin gets a half hour for lunch. Period. Now when you consider some of that is actually eating his lunch.....there is very little time for playing unless you want to go hungry. Kids aren't allowed to talk during lunch either, while they're eating they have to sit and be quiet like in the classroom. Ridiculous. All that pent up energy just waiting to get into trouble. omg</p><p></p><p>Sadly, many kids start the day with those cereals. They taste really sweet, but aren't anywhere near like they used to be when I was a child. I can't stand to eat them now because they don't taste good. I eat normal unsweetened cereal. </p><p></p><p>And no, no one shares a can of soda. It's another example of portion size. Company puts 2 portion sizes into the can so it seems you're getting more for your money. lol </p><p></p><p>So all in all, difficult children observations were really good. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p></p><p>I'm glad he had a good time and did better than usual discipline wise. </p><p></p><p>This was a nice thread to mull over with my first cup of coffee this morning. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 548138, member: 84"] SuZir You might be proud of difficult child's observations as he was pretty accurate on many. I'm not sure what you mean by "work is cheap" but we do have a lot of unskilled labor jobs, they just don't pay well and most don't have or have few benefits Extreme size thing might be dead on. I don't live near New York, so can't say for sure but we have a major problem with obesity here due to those enormous proportion sizes he experienced and a booming junk food market. Show an american a normal portion size and they might faint, or at least call you a liar. The fast food industry wars (super size please) have made the problem much worse. We do have too much packaging, way too much. And few recycle. Automatic transmissions are popular, but many still like the manuals. I can drive both, but prefer the automatic. easy child and sister in law drive both. Work IS the center of things and being busy (or rushed) is the popular thing, even if a person really doesn't have anything to be rushed about.......they'll drum up something if needed. I do my best to avoid being rushed but our society is geared that way and it makes it difficult. School, I have to agree with you on. I've thought of homework as "make work" since I was very young, I've seen nothing to change my mind as an adult. Each year it seems someone somewhere decides kids aren't doing enough of this make work and so require much more be done. in my opinion it's having the opposite effect on our kids. Instead of helping them to learn, they're growing bored with the material or confused with how it's presented or both. in my opinion they're also trying to introduce certain concepts much much too young. A child still needs a chance to be a child. When I was a kid there was an hour for lunch and a morning recess, sometimes an afternoon recess if the teacher felt we were too fidgety. I know Darrin gets a half hour for lunch. Period. Now when you consider some of that is actually eating his lunch.....there is very little time for playing unless you want to go hungry. Kids aren't allowed to talk during lunch either, while they're eating they have to sit and be quiet like in the classroom. Ridiculous. All that pent up energy just waiting to get into trouble. omg Sadly, many kids start the day with those cereals. They taste really sweet, but aren't anywhere near like they used to be when I was a child. I can't stand to eat them now because they don't taste good. I eat normal unsweetened cereal. And no, no one shares a can of soda. It's another example of portion size. Company puts 2 portion sizes into the can so it seems you're getting more for your money. lol So all in all, difficult children observations were really good. :) I'm glad he had a good time and did better than usual discipline wise. This was a nice thread to mull over with my first cup of coffee this morning. :) [/QUOTE]
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