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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 762869" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>And yet millions of kids use phones and watch TV and are college graduates with good jobs. And I dont remember being bored back then. We had a good old time driving through neighborhoods, picking up cute boy hitch hikers, buying drugs and partying. My group were richer kids with Dads car and money. I recall my group never being home to be bored. Those are nostalgic days for me...1970s. Hippies. Greasers who were nothing like the Fonz, drugs, drugs. Drugs. Pot was a FELONY then, but they risked it. Newfound free sex was huge. I knew no virgin other than me. Juvu hall was well visited. The rich kids parents usually got them out so they got into trouble again. Nothing to do? Boredom? Kids find things to do. Don't be fooled about" the good old days." NO cell phones. I tied on the landlines for hours. Finally my dad got a second line because the phone was always busy. Or we'd drive around talking to each other looking for cute boy hitch hikers. Luckily I had the sense not to do drugs so I didn't get arrested. But my friends often did. </p><p></p><p>2022 is about OUR kids. Crayola, your kid is still young. It remains to be seen how he will do adulting. Well, I hope. But it's risky for all. Being a good teen doesn't make one a responsible adult. Many of our kids list it in the 20s.</p><p></p><p> Technology is a good bash for why our particular kids go off the rails. Our own grand parents believed that TV would do us all in. I remember. Well. The older generation always thinks the younger generation's new gadgets will ruin them. Yet most kids do fine. OUR kids dont. Most...do...fine!</p><p></p><p>The problem is om our kids. Period. Putting the blame on things that most adults have use of yet still do well, may make us feel better but it's not the reason why OUR kids don't function well. It's a copout. It's been a cop out foe every older generation with wayward kids. Always has been.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Some kids in the boomer generation, in fact many, were lazy drug abusers and this was before computers. In our school it was common for kids to have drug overdoses. Although many were lower middle class, next in line were the rich,rich kids who were active in sports and other clubs. They also got into drugs and often their loves disintegrated. They loved to shoplift with their parent's visa cards in their pockets. My friends did. Why I'd ask.? For the thrill of it.</p><p></p><p>My school was not full of kids who sat around with nothing to do. Both Bart Conners ,(Olympic Gymnastic Star) and Merrick Garland, (yes the DOJ) went to my school. Merrick was a year ahead of me. In remember him well.</p><p></p><p>Obviously Bart and Merrick did nor ruin their lives. Not everyone did. Being a druggie was just an option, just like it is today. Blame your kid, like I blame mine. Our kids refuse to take advantage of their advantages. And they have sure been given those advantages! Them turning out bad is on them. It would have happened without phones. Our kids are rebels and lazy and addicted. All kids have technology. Few are like our kids.</p><p></p><p>Not to rain on the parade but they are what they are and would have found other bad ways to behave in the 70s. There was ample opportunity.</p><p></p><p>Hugs and love.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 762869, member: 1550"] And yet millions of kids use phones and watch TV and are college graduates with good jobs. And I dont remember being bored back then. We had a good old time driving through neighborhoods, picking up cute boy hitch hikers, buying drugs and partying. My group were richer kids with Dads car and money. I recall my group never being home to be bored. Those are nostalgic days for me...1970s. Hippies. Greasers who were nothing like the Fonz, drugs, drugs. Drugs. Pot was a FELONY then, but they risked it. Newfound free sex was huge. I knew no virgin other than me. Juvu hall was well visited. The rich kids parents usually got them out so they got into trouble again. Nothing to do? Boredom? Kids find things to do. Don't be fooled about" the good old days." NO cell phones. I tied on the landlines for hours. Finally my dad got a second line because the phone was always busy. Or we'd drive around talking to each other looking for cute boy hitch hikers. Luckily I had the sense not to do drugs so I didn't get arrested. But my friends often did. 2022 is about OUR kids. Crayola, your kid is still young. It remains to be seen how he will do adulting. Well, I hope. But it's risky for all. Being a good teen doesn't make one a responsible adult. Many of our kids list it in the 20s. Technology is a good bash for why our particular kids go off the rails. Our own grand parents believed that TV would do us all in. I remember. Well. The older generation always thinks the younger generation's new gadgets will ruin them. Yet most kids do fine. OUR kids dont. Most...do...fine! The problem is om our kids. Period. Putting the blame on things that most adults have use of yet still do well, may make us feel better but it's not the reason why OUR kids don't function well. It's a copout. It's been a cop out foe every older generation with wayward kids. Always has been. Some kids in the boomer generation, in fact many, were lazy drug abusers and this was before computers. In our school it was common for kids to have drug overdoses. Although many were lower middle class, next in line were the rich,rich kids who were active in sports and other clubs. They also got into drugs and often their loves disintegrated. They loved to shoplift with their parent's visa cards in their pockets. My friends did. Why I'd ask.? For the thrill of it. My school was not full of kids who sat around with nothing to do. Both Bart Conners ,(Olympic Gymnastic Star) and Merrick Garland, (yes the DOJ) went to my school. Merrick was a year ahead of me. In remember him well. Obviously Bart and Merrick did nor ruin their lives. Not everyone did. Being a druggie was just an option, just like it is today. Blame your kid, like I blame mine. Our kids refuse to take advantage of their advantages. And they have sure been given those advantages! Them turning out bad is on them. It would have happened without phones. Our kids are rebels and lazy and addicted. All kids have technology. Few are like our kids. Not to rain on the parade but they are what they are and would have found other bad ways to behave in the 70s. There was ample opportunity. Hugs and love. [/QUOTE]
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