What do you think the biggest cultural
differences are between your generation and your parents’ generation?
The way we raise our kids. Growing up, a lot of us kids didn’t have the
newest and latest gadgets and such. I
had to buy my own things or wait until Christmas if I was lucky. By birthday was at the end of breakup, so that
was a bit bleak. We also didn’t travel. I didn’t leave the state until I was a Senior
in high school.
When it came to gadgets and phones, my kids
didn’t get many, but their friends all have them no matter how much money their
parents have. One of my daughter's
friends had her own cell phone, but they couldn't afford their electricity. I am amazed by what my generation buys their
kids. I am cheep and won’t buy them the
latest this or that. They have to save
their money like I did.
With that said, I have traveled with my kids. In fourth and sixth grade, we took the boys to
San Francisco for an NFL football game. We took each of the boys on a Senior trip to
Mexico. And we took them to the Bahamas
when my husband came home from Iraq. Madelle has gone even more places because she
is the youngest.
And don’t get me started on the “everyone needs
an award crap.” I hate that about my
generation!!! Children need to learn
that there are losses in life. Losing at
baseball is not going to hurt them, but thinking the deserve a medal when they
placed last creates all sorts of issues.
Mainly, a generation who believe they are entitled to things that they
haven't earned.
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