What the hell is wrong with today’s kids?
November 14th, 2008So…
I was at work, talking to a woman in her mid-40s, a man in his early 40s, and a man in his early 60s, and we were all wondering what the hell is wrong with today’s kids.
Several things we noticed.
One - there was only one fat kid in your class. He was the fat kid. Heck, in my school, we had one fat kid in my whole grade. Nowadays, it’s normal to be the fat kid. It seems like half the kids today are fat.
Two - Motivation. Kids today are lazy. Seem to have no desire to do anything. They just sit around the house and bitch. When I was a kid, I was obsessed with football. Played it every chance I got. Then I got a little bit older and got into music heavily and still later Dungeons and Dragons.
You’d never see me at the house. I was always at a friend’s house playing D&D, listening to music, or on some field playing tackle football.
Three - Kids today are wimps. I remember if we didn’t have enough people for tackle football, we’d play Smear the Queer. There was always that kid who was afraid of being tackled so he’d intentionally fumble the ball before someone tackled him. I’d always get so mad that I’d tackle him anyways. He’d complain and I’d just say I didn’t see that he didn’t still have the ball, but the other kids took my side because they knew he did it intentionally and should have been tackled.
Four - What’s with the empty fields? When I was growing up, you’d never see the fields empty. Now the only time you see them being used is for organized sports.
Well, I’ll tell you what’s wrong. It’s the Safety Moms. Safety Moms will not be allowed in my anti-zombie compound, I assure you. They deserve to be zombie food in my book. They’re always afraid of their precious widdle children from being hurt that the kid’s practically a zombie.
Unfortunately, they’ve taken over. They’re everywhere. They’re the ones with the SUVs with an anti-gun sticker on the back who demasculinize their boys every chance they get. Their kids are on ritalin and are pretty much drones, having no mind of their own.
The thing that really hurts this country is now we’re getting serious competition from China and India, and all the competitiveness is sucked right out of children. That’s not a good thing and will only bring this country down. Competition is a good thing. Being able to say “I’m better than you” is a good thing. Losing is a good thing, because it’s a motivator. As a child, I hated losing and every time I lost, I forced myself to get better because I didn’t want to lose again.
These Safety Moms though don’t want their widdle children to have these experiences, sheltering them from any physical or emotional harm. Let me tell you something - life is rough. How are these children going to compete for a job interview? How are they going to survive getting their jobs sent overseas? How are they going to survive their significant other out of the blue telling them they don’t love them any more? I’ll tell you right now that they won’t cut it, and all this security is a bad thing, just making children unprepared for adult life.
I’m not so sure it’s the ‘Safety Moms’. I think it’s the “I’m-Too-Busy-to-Pay-Attention-to-My-Kids-So-I’ll-Park-Them-in-Front-of-the-TV moms.
Smear the Queer is one of the greatest games ever invented because it’s fun, easy to play, and its name rules. Unfortunately nowadays, it’s frowned upon by the “I love my tender, pansy son” moms to separate the tough kids and good athletes from the wusses and spazzes. And I agree, as the Commandments sayeth: “Thou shalt not intentionally fumble because you’re still gonna get smacked.”
Courtney - Yes, definitely those moms too.
Skeletor - ‘Tis. I loved playing that game. Except when we played, you’d give the guy on the bottom of the pile a charlie horse on his leg. Toughens kids up.
i was shocked when i took my son to a friend’s b-day party in the summer to see that out of about a dozen boys there were only 3 who were trim….thankfully my son was among them. i am also thankful that although he can get wrapped up in the wii he also gets to the point where he HAS to go outside and run around. he gets annoyed with other boys who don’t want to MOVE.
oh, and as a 13 y.o. this is his second hunting season. last year he didn’t even see anything to take a shot at. this year i really hope he bags a deer. i know he’d be thrilled to be the provider of meat for the family since his older sister has gotten a deer 4 seasons in a row. last year mr. lime was the only one to bag a deer…too much construction too close to where they hunt had all the animals disturbed.
Lime - Geez, I haven’t been deer hunting in 12 years now. I hope he gets one too. Great experience for him and yeah, there’s nothing like being the provider of meat for the family.
Urban sprawl is displacing everything. There used to be great farm land around here and now it’s all houses. The animals were gone long ago unfortunately. Well, there are still some in the hills, but not in the valley any more unless they’re coming down the hill to get hit by a car.
Definitely agree with you and Courtney about the weirdo parents. They’ve either totally ignored the kids (usually) or have them so scheduled that there’s no time for thought, imagination or anything else. Of course it’s easy for everyone’s aunt (me) to say. In today’s paper they reported that the school system is considering getting rid of the F grade to avoid being mean to kids.
I agree with Bridg! Overscheduling and daycare have emptied our neighborhoods of kids. When I was a kid, we’d all play outside together every night after school. Now, every single activity has to be organized.
Bridget & Tshsmom - Yes, I think those are two huge culprits too: overscheduling and just plain out ignoring their kids. And why do sports have to be organized? I always loved sandlot sports so much better than organized sports. Too many rules, too many players, and not enough fun.
parents don’t have time for them. rich parents don’t have time for each other except for themselves. that’s why you have people like paris hilton. people shouldn’t have children if they’re too selfish. having children takes a lot of love and time.
Kate - It does, but time isn’t something a lot of these parents are willing to invest.
Hey there. No comments yet what is this??? LOL.. I agree with you with the mothers sheltering there children. I see it in our home schooling group. A few mothers are that way.. Its annoying really. I mean to home school is one thing but to shelter them from everything is another…I am protective but my girls have to fall off there bikes and learn before I will say a thing. I am not one of those mothers who has to be there working with my childen until they are perfect…Anyway hope all is well on the home front..