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I was a four-year old forty-five years ago. I was walking to my pre-school and back, a couple of blocks and a pretty big and busy street across daily. The cars
by hallarempt 5y ago
I was a four-year old forty-five years ago. I was walking to my pre-school and back, a couple of blocks and a pretty big and busy street across daily.
The cars weren't a problem. Getting mobbed by primary school kids on my way back and getting beaten up was a problem. A bigger problem was when I told my parents the reason I was getting home later and later was because of the detours I was taking to avoid getting beaten up, and they arranged a meeting with me, the beaters-up and their parents and them -- and in the end, it was clearly my fault, I had never been beaten up, and these were all friendly kids, brought up all wholesome.
The past wasn't a better place, it just was a place where you didn't talk about being abused, no matter what.
- funcDropShadow 5y ago> The past wasn't a better place, it just was a place where you didn't talk about being abused, no matter what. I guess that is true, but an interesting question is: Did the past prepare kids better to become responsible and capable adults?
- knolax 5y agoNo. Just look at the boomer generation.
- TheTrotters 5y agoI don’t think there’s anything wrong with them. At least compared to every other generation.
- hallarempt 5y agoNo, it just made us into damaged people more likely to damage other people.
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- nix23 5y agoWe had a bully at school and he beat me up 2 times. After that i always had a stone in my pocket, long story short, he had a hole in his skull and never did it again, no consequences for me (apart from a some explanations). But i was 9.