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Replies to '12/19 Generation Rx'
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September 28, 2006, 3:18 pm PDT
 Quote From: naturesgir I couldn't agree with you more!!! Both parents (if there even ARE two parents, with the current divorce rate) work, and for what? To pay for the car to get them to work, the gas to put in it, the clothes to wear to work, the food they buy while at work, and the McMansion in the 'burbs that sits empty all day; maybe a vacation to get away from the work and the house!!! Kids are packed off to daycare the minute they're born; "relationships" are on the world wide web. Dogs are "crated" and left alone in a room all day (they used to run free; remember not too long ago)? "Families" eat out of a microwave or fast food place at all different times, alone in front of a TV or computer. We even have four-car garages in the front of the house (remember porches???) so we can sail right in and close it without ever seeing a neighbor. Kids are told to come home from school and lock the door; it's dangerous outside!!! Folks, humans weren't made to live this way; it's no wonder everyone's unhappy and on Prozac in American society today -- just take a look around. If there were one city in this country that was still living the way people did in the 50s, believe you me I'd move there... I wouldn't be typing this right now, but that's okay... I'd be reading books, playing music, enjoying fresh air, eating real food, living a less stressed-out life. Unfortunately, you are describing a portion of our society.......but fortunately, it is ONLY a portion. I, personally, have been home raising my kids for 10 years and I know many others who have as well. I think it is easy and convenient to point the finger at lifestyles that we perceive others lead as to the cause of kid's problems. And yes, I agree, there are some who have problems due to the reasons you stated......but it's not all and when we start putting all troubled kids into a box that we think they fit into, we lose sight of the fact that they are individuals, with individual problems, and those problems are complex, just like the solutions are complex. I wish it were as simple as saying "have a parent at home, have dinner together every night, have open communication with your kids, keep your values in place" it sounds like that would be enough, but I've seen it.......it's not always enough. That is what is so scary for all of us parents who have stayed tuned in, have given up so much of our own lives, have read all of the parenting books, gone to the parrenting classes, and still find ourselves with a teen that is making poor decisions. |
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