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I don't think you can categorize this as a typical "kids these days" rant, this isn't about disrespecting elders or having different tastes in music, this is a

by flukus 9y ago

I don't think you can categorize this as a typical "kids these days" rant, this isn't about disrespecting elders or having different tastes in music, this is a fundamental change in how parenting works and how much freedom kids have lost that could (arguably is) have a profound impact on their lives. I couldn't imaging being a kid today, not being able to walk/bike to school, not being able to take the dog to the park, not being able to ride our bikes to the beach and learning what happens to bikes when you ride them through salt water, not able to go fishing with a bunch of friends, not able to go camping with them. Aside from all the lessons learned and battle scars along the way, we also had to work out what we wanted to do, plan ahead and then do it, we didn't jump in the car, play games on our tablet for 20 minutes and materialize somewhere else with all the equipment we needed. Freedom simply develops so many real world skills that are invaluable.

Turing_Machine 9y ago
> we didn't jump in the car, play games on our tablet for 20 minutes and materialize somewhere else My nieces and nephews largely have no idea how to get anywhere. Ask them what direction to travel to get from one place they go regularly to another place they go regularly and they won't have a clue. It could be five blocks south. It could be 20 miles north. They literally have no idea. Stop somewhere along the route and ask them what direction to go, likewise. They're just completely lost. And yep, I blame it partly on in-car entertainment. When I was a kid, even when I was being driven somewhere, I was paying attention to the route and surroundings. The rest of it has to do with never having walked, biked, or taken public transportation anywhere.
- ocfx 9y ago
  I think we also see this phenomenon on people who rely too heavily on GPS. They become complacent while they are fed directions from their phone or vehicle and never actually learn how to get where they are going.
- AndrewDucker 9y ago
  When I was a kid I read books in the car. And never had any idea what direction we were going in. (Except when I wanted to. At which point the map my parents kept in the seat-back pocket was incredibly useful.)

by flukus 9y ago

Turing_Machine 9y ago

> we didn't jump in the car, play games on our tablet for 20 minutes and materialize somewhere else My nieces and nephews largely have no idea how to get anywhere. Ask them what direction to travel to get from one place they go regularly to another place they go regularly and they won't have a clue. It could be five blocks south. It could be 20 miles north. They literally have no idea. Stop somewhere along the route and ask them what direction to go, likewise. They're just completely lost. And yep, I blame it partly on in-car entertainment. When I was a kid, even when I was being driven somewhere, I was paying attention to the route and surroundings. The rest of it has to do with never having walked, biked, or taken public transportation anywhere.

ocfx 9y ago
I think we also see this phenomenon on people who rely too heavily on GPS. They become complacent while they are fed directions from their phone or vehicle and never actually learn how to get where they are going.
AndrewDucker 9y ago
When I was a kid I read books in the car. And never had any idea what direction we were going in. (Except when I wanted to. At which point the map my parents kept in the seat-back pocket was incredibly useful.)