Children of the 21st century
The good old days as I remember them were just that, the good
old days. Children of the 21st century
Playing hopscotch hide and seek even a game of rounders was all
in a day's fun for a thirteen year old in the good old days. Of
course all good things come to an end when called in against
your will and ordered up the stairs to wash behind your ears
before bed, while the children of the 21st century slap on war
paint to disguise their identities for approval into many disco
night clubs. .
Succeeding in their mission to gain those added years they would
then dance and party till dawn, while I remember back to my navy
blue knickers and white vest hanging up to dry in front of an
open coal fire for school the next morning.
The nature and attitude of the Children of the 21st century is
so different from the days long gone. Children today have a
lifestyle not a childhood, whose fault is that I ask. Where do
the answers lie?
Remembering back to the words of Mother in the good old days,
"There is your dinner"! Now it is "what you would like for
dinner"? Another household saying of Mum's was "I can not afford
that". Twenty first century mums can by doing an extra shift at
work.
And in the in the good old days the threats cast upon us from
Mother, threats like, are you looking for a good hiding, No I
was not looking for a good hiding, but you never dared to answer
back unless of course you were looking for another clout.
Nowadays it is the other way round, where a great many Mothers
live under threat from their own flesh and blood.
"Where do the answers lie" I ask myself once again.
Drinking was strictly for the adults in the good old days not
for teens on the street corner who are not long out of nappies.
Drugs in the good old days were prescribed by a Doctor not a
dealer, the only dealer we knew of in those days were the ones
who dealt the cards in a game of snap.
Will the Children of the 21st Century ever learn? Yes given the
right teacher, that being Mummy and Daddy, then as your star
pupil begins to grow up he learns to respect his/her elders,
that now being Mum or Dad.
Giving into your children's needs and wants is not helping them
for the big bad world out there, teach them to stand on their
own two feet and if that means going back to the good old days
then so be it. Which isn't so bad just to hear the laughter of
children growing up in their own time.
I think we all know where the answer lie for why the Children of
the 21st century don't laugh any more.
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