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Originally Posted by MattyC
I feel like those of us born in the late 80's/early 90's are a little between generations. We weren't brought up inately with the technology like kids of today have been, but it became prominent at an early enough age for us to become a part of it. I also feel like my age group were raised in the infancy of this "pussification" of todays youth. I saw it with some people my age and not so much with others. My brothers and I fought each other with cut off hockey sticks, threw baseball bats at bees nests, rode our bikes everywhere with no shirts/shoes/helmets.
I think part of this is due to my parents upbringings, as they were both small town saskatchewan kids who were brought up fending for themselves, so we were taught to do the same.
Nothing makes me angrier than seeing a parent baby their kids. It gives them no life experience, exposes them to bullying and takes away the joys and discoveries of being a child. Even toys dumb down kids now. I saw a play house thing in walmart one day that was a kitchen set and it included everything. Fake pans, fake phone, fake food, etc. Wheres the imagination? Me and my brothers used to run a garage where our bunk beds were cars and we would work on them with Cool Tools. Or we would be outside with our "swords" fighting each other as knights/jedis/ninjas/whatever we wanted to be that day.It's very disheartening to see the dumbing down of a childs imagination.
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Agreed! Kids need to eat dirt here and there, they don't need to have anti-bacterial hand gel applied every time they touch something. Let them build up their immune system. I get that people don't want bad things to happen to their kids but some stuff is bound to happen! Coddle them too much and they are bound to turn out badly (I think anyway).
Also about the swords thing...Wasn't it just great when the wrapping paper ran out and you were left with a cardboard sword, which when it for sure broke turned into some sweet nunchucks.
Thundercats were the best...That and my pet monster.
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