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No Wonder Some of The Kids Behaved Atrociously!!!
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 608407" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I'm old too and think instant communication makes things worse. But I'm not immune to the fact that even MY generation, and everyone before that, lamented that, "Oh, these kids are so out of control!!!" I grew up during the hippie era and you heard this all the time from parents and grandparents. "We were so good!" But their parents likely thought the same thing. </p><p></p><p>Our grown kids need to learn that if they end up on the internet, they will get a footprint there forever. If my kid screws up and ends up on YouTube, it is my adult child's fault. I may wish the whole thing could be erased by my being able to wipe it from everyone's screen, but we have no control over YouTube, Facebook, etc. Our kids need to learn the consequences of doing things that put them "out there." I know that in the US, an employer-to-be will Google a possible new employee into the search engine to see if there is anything about that person that they would prefer not to hire. It is legal to do that here.</p><p></p><p>Your life is no longer your own.</p><p></p><p>I do not approve of those parents, regadless of their motives for not teaching their kids hard lessons, and never gave my kids free passes...no rescues, no anger at the police, nothing. I expect my kids to obey the law and when one of them did not, she had to pay the consequences. I don't understand parents who think it is better to "rescue" a grown kid from a crime they've committed. Unless it is seriously mild, like getting caught smoking a joint one time, my husband and I let them see what being an adult criminal is like. in my opinion it is the best way to teach them not to keep doing it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 608407, member: 1550"] I'm old too and think instant communication makes things worse. But I'm not immune to the fact that even MY generation, and everyone before that, lamented that, "Oh, these kids are so out of control!!!" I grew up during the hippie era and you heard this all the time from parents and grandparents. "We were so good!" But their parents likely thought the same thing. Our grown kids need to learn that if they end up on the internet, they will get a footprint there forever. If my kid screws up and ends up on YouTube, it is my adult child's fault. I may wish the whole thing could be erased by my being able to wipe it from everyone's screen, but we have no control over YouTube, Facebook, etc. Our kids need to learn the consequences of doing things that put them "out there." I know that in the US, an employer-to-be will Google a possible new employee into the search engine to see if there is anything about that person that they would prefer not to hire. It is legal to do that here. Your life is no longer your own. I do not approve of those parents, regadless of their motives for not teaching their kids hard lessons, and never gave my kids free passes...no rescues, no anger at the police, nothing. I expect my kids to obey the law and when one of them did not, she had to pay the consequences. I don't understand parents who think it is better to "rescue" a grown kid from a crime they've committed. Unless it is seriously mild, like getting caught smoking a joint one time, my husband and I let them see what being an adult criminal is like. in my opinion it is the best way to teach them not to keep doing it. [/QUOTE]
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