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Every 10 years someone posts this. The message it sends is this "I don't actually take time to understand the unique situation of being a kid in today's economy

Every 10 years someone posts this. The message it sends is this "I don't actually take time to understand the unique situation of being a kid in today's economy and culture. I do not acknowledge that the experience is rapidly changing. I am uncomfortable with this new world and would rather put the blame on kids being 'coddled' without any data to suggest this than confront my own lack of understanding."

eighthnate 9y ago
Every previous generation thinks the current generation is coddled. When I was a kid, I had to walk through 10 miles of snow to get to school. "Snow day"? Schools are creating sissies I tell ya.
- secfirstmd 9y ago
  Back in my day, my Mum used to listen to the internet on our house phone!
  - MarkPNeyer 9y ago
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe1a1wHxTyo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe1a1wHxTyo
- hackinthebochs 9y ago
  That doesn't make it not true. It's very possible (and seems likely to me) that each generation has been more coddled than the previous in recent memory.
  - slededit 9y ago
    In fact it's the default expectation with the rising standards of living. However that has started to stagnate for all but the upper middle class so the next decade should be quite interesting.
- spookyuser 9y ago
  AKA Juvenoia https://youtu.be/LD0x7ho_IYc https://youtu.be/LD0x7ho_IYc
- sethrin 9y ago
  The current generation is "coddled", and they should be. I grew up in rural Alaska, in one of the snowiest spots on the globe. If other people had somewhat less hellish school commutes I would consider that civilized. If on the other hand the goal is to expose children to potentially lethal weather conditions, Alaska still exists.
tomcam 9y ago
I don't see where you addressed the substance of the parent post--was your own post truncated?
- WaxProlix 9y ago
  I don't see where you addressed the substance of the parent post--was your own post truncated?

eighthnate 9y ago

Every previous generation thinks the current generation is coddled. When I was a kid, I had to walk through 10 miles of snow to get to school. "Snow day"? Schools are creating sissies I tell ya.

secfirstmd 9y ago
Back in my day, my Mum used to listen to the internet on our house phone!
- MarkPNeyer 9y ago
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe1a1wHxTyo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe1a1wHxTyo
hackinthebochs 9y ago
That doesn't make it not true. It's very possible (and seems likely to me) that each generation has been more coddled than the previous in recent memory.
- slededit 9y ago
  In fact it's the default expectation with the rising standards of living. However that has started to stagnate for all but the upper middle class so the next decade should be quite interesting.
spookyuser 9y ago
AKA Juvenoia https://youtu.be/LD0x7ho_IYc https://youtu.be/LD0x7ho_IYc
sethrin 9y ago
The current generation is "coddled", and they should be. I grew up in rural Alaska, in one of the snowiest spots on the globe. If other people had somewhat less hellish school commutes I would consider that civilized. If on the other hand the goal is to expose children to potentially lethal weather conditions, Alaska still exists.

tomcam 9y ago

I don't see where you addressed the substance of the parent post--was your own post truncated?

WaxProlix 9y ago
I don't see where you addressed the substance of the parent post--was your own post truncated?