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<blockquote data-quote="Ironbutterfly" data-source="post: 690863" data-attributes="member: 19951"><p>You know Lil, this is so true. When I was growing up, kids were not allowed to act out- they were paddled, put in the corner, etc. No medications for ADHD. The slow kids were called slow and very much made fun of. Lot of them were not main-streamed either. They had special schools. </p><p></p><p>Back in my day, they had mental hospitals and facilities and homes for people who were mentally ill or handicapped. Our government did away with those and pushed them onto the street or their families were left to care for them. There use to be boot camps for troubled kids- but bad press, some bad boot camps gone wrong, shut those down.</p><p></p><p>I think some of it has to do with all the chemicals in the food we eat. Back in my day, there was no processed food. It was all home made. Now you have chemicals in food in the USA that are banned in Europe. You have GMO in everything, </p><p></p><p>I also think that the teachers, professors teaching our kids these days are over-accomodating our kids. Oh let's be fair, don't hurt anyone's feelings. Well life isn't like that in the real adult world. Kids don't know how to handle criticism, sarcasm and yes, some bullying. Too thin skinned. However, as far as bullying, we have the age of computers and phones and anonymity, so easy to hide behind a screen vs. face to face. </p><p></p><p>We have kids on their phones, computers, very little face to face interaction anymore.Go to any restaurant or event and what do you see, everyone on their phones. Families not talking. </p><p></p><p>I grew up, everyone sat at the table and we talked about our day. I think it's a combination of things that have spiraled our children to the adults they have become. Food, genetics, computers, lack of social interaction face to face and easy child brain-washing of our kids.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ironbutterfly, post: 690863, member: 19951"] You know Lil, this is so true. When I was growing up, kids were not allowed to act out- they were paddled, put in the corner, etc. No medications for ADHD. The slow kids were called slow and very much made fun of. Lot of them were not main-streamed either. They had special schools. Back in my day, they had mental hospitals and facilities and homes for people who were mentally ill or handicapped. Our government did away with those and pushed them onto the street or their families were left to care for them. There use to be boot camps for troubled kids- but bad press, some bad boot camps gone wrong, shut those down. I think some of it has to do with all the chemicals in the food we eat. Back in my day, there was no processed food. It was all home made. Now you have chemicals in food in the USA that are banned in Europe. You have GMO in everything, I also think that the teachers, professors teaching our kids these days are over-accomodating our kids. Oh let's be fair, don't hurt anyone's feelings. Well life isn't like that in the real adult world. Kids don't know how to handle criticism, sarcasm and yes, some bullying. Too thin skinned. However, as far as bullying, we have the age of computers and phones and anonymity, so easy to hide behind a screen vs. face to face. We have kids on their phones, computers, very little face to face interaction anymore.Go to any restaurant or event and what do you see, everyone on their phones. Families not talking. I grew up, everyone sat at the table and we talked about our day. I think it's a combination of things that have spiraled our children to the adults they have become. Food, genetics, computers, lack of social interaction face to face and easy child brain-washing of our kids. [/QUOTE]
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