Little girls wearing thongs and padded bras

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kids nowadays wants to grow up so soon.. i think its because of technology as well..

OMG the 11 year olds i use to teach couldnt believe i got my first cell phone at 18 lol

I got my first cell phone when I was like 28 ...lol

When I tell them i didn't have a computer as a kid they look at me like i've been deprived and asked what i did then, "Uh... played outside?" lol.

Then look at me and slowly say, "Out.....side?"

Edited November 15, 2008 by Smile!

[IAMX 3,055]

kids nowadays wants to grow up so soon.. i think its because of technology as well..

OMG the 11 year olds i use to teach couldnt believe i got my first cell phone at 18 lol

I got my first cell phone when I was like 28 ...lol

When I tell them i didn't have a computer as a kid they look at me like i've been deprived and asked what i did then, "Uh... played outside?" lol.

Then look at me and slowly say, "Out.....side?"

The media has parents afraid that there's rapists around every corner, plus parents would rather watch Dr. Phail than go outside with their kid anyways. Sounds cynical, but entirely true.

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kids nowadays wants to grow up so soon.. i think its because of technology as well..

OMG the 11 year olds i use to teach couldnt believe i got my first cell phone at 18 lol

I got my first cell phone when I was like 28 ...lol

When I tell them i didn't have a computer as a kid they look at me like i've been deprived and asked what i did then, "Uh... played outside?" lol.

Then look at me and slowly say, "Out.....side?"

The media has parents afraid that there's rapists around every corner, plus parents would rather watch Dr. Phail than go outside with their kid anyways. Sounds cynical, but entirely true.

I hate to admit it but I'm one of those parents. When I was a kid in the 80s, I used to go outside to play all the time. This included wandering the neighborhood and hopping on my bike to ride for miles. My mom felt safe with me doing that and I felt safe. But now the idea of letting my daughter wander around unsupervised when she gets older is just, unfathomable. I know I can't be her shadow for her whole childhood but the idea of not seeing where she is all the time is scary because sadly I don't trust other people.

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I can understand. If I ever had kids, I would be a worry wart 24/7. I remember offering to drive my little sister to school just cause i was too nervous having her walk alone because of a guy who was luring little girls into his van.

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The media has parents afraid that there's rapists around every corner, plus parents would rather watch Dr. Phail than go outside with their kid anyways. Sounds cynical, but entirely true.

You sure your not related to six(PD)? May want to watch the news every now and then. Next your going to say the homicide rates are made up.

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The media has parents afraid that there's rapists around every corner, plus parents would rather watch Dr. Phail than go outside with their kid anyways. Sounds cynical, but entirely true.

You sure your not related to six(PD)? May want to watch the news every now and then. Next your going to say the homicide rates are made up.

If you pay attention, these rapes/murders aren't happening around every street corner.

It's been well established you're a terrible person to take logical advice on when it comes to media matters.

If you want to play the national game, rapes and murders have gone DOWN over the last 10 years (with an increasing population), the only thing that has gone up is media coverage. Think about it. I have a feeling you won't and will find some BS to ignore the "statistics" you love to cite so often.

The only good part in the media hype about rapes and murders occurring and the paranoia behind it is when kids go outside parents actually tend to pay attention to them now. Of course, kids also go outside far less entirely..

Edited November 15, 2008 by SRVT

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If you pay attention, these rapes/murders aren't happening around every street corner.

It's been well established you're a terrible person to take logical advice on when it comes to media matters.

If you want to play the national game, rapes and murders have gone DOWN over the last 10 years (with an increasing population), the only thing that has gone up is media coverage. Think about it. I have a feeling you won't and will find some BS to ignore the "statistics" you love to cite so often.

The only good part in the media hype about rapes and murders occurring and the paranoia behind it is when kids go outside parents actually tend to pay attention to them now. Of course, kids also go outside far less entirely..

The media is not the problem. Go have a look at how many kids, as a percentage, are missing in the UK, Canada or Australia and then compare that to the United States. Same goes with homicide rates, organized crime, corruption and gang violence. Oh I forgot you don't care about other countries. Well then you shouldn't be marrying a foreign spouse.

If someone left a child to stand in a corner I would bet within an hour or so some sick #### would pick them up. Two reasons. One there are more sick #### here (Side effect of instilling into people that they are literally free to do as they choose). The second being a lot of people no longer give a #### about other people here and would not care to assist this girl or help mentally ill people with their problems. That is reality whether your accept it or not. Down under people would proactively assist this child (Different culture and attitude towards others).

Edited November 15, 2008 by Aficionado

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Oh I forgot you don't care about other countries

Last I checked, we don't live in other countries. Why would the murder rate in Australia, or Greece, or England, or Fantasyland matter at all when we're talking about HERE? Unless your point is people in Los Angeles can fire a gun and kill someone in Sydney, or vicariously rape a person through some 15,000+ mile long mind control device.

Back to reality, Aficionado. Take a walk.

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In NYC (at least in my building) you've got parents with 3 kids living in a 1br(my upstairs neighbors). I swear it sounds like they are riding bikes in the apartment and at least running around like crazy, jumping up and down. On gorgeous summer days they are inside all day. It is hell for us especially when I am trying to work or read quietly but I feel sorry for the kids and can't imagine growing up like that - like I said in an earlier post I grew up playing with bugs and rocks, watching birds - if parents even in the burbs feel they have to deprive their kids of running around outdoors, sunshine and nature then maybe it isn't so bad that I never had kids.

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Oh I forgot you don't care about other countries

Last I checked, we don't live in other countries. Why would the murder rate in Australia, or Greece, or England, or Fantasyland matter at all when we're talking about HERE? Unless your point is people in Los Angeles can fire a gun and kill someone in Sydney, or vicariously rape a person through some 15,000+ mile long mind control device.

Back to reality, Aficionado. Take a walk.

You obviously don't get it do you. For the UK, for example, to have a lower homicide rate they must be doing something different and clearly better. NO? Therefore anyone with half a brain would look at them and say what measure can we use and adapt here to reduce our homicide rates. No?

It is okay to admit and accept that the US is no longer the best in the world. That other countries are doing 'certain things' much better than us. Or that laws enacted in 1778 no longer apply in 2008 and need be reworked to reflect the world we live in. A lot of things which were once common sense now need to be legislated in 2008. Like you the parent have a responsibility when you have a child. You don't go laying on your back for 2 minutes then expect everyone else to pay for your child. This is not about bashing the US but about transferring knowledge. Yet it is extremely hard to break through the born and bread we are the envy of the world mentality.

Edited November 15, 2008 by Aficionado

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In NYC (at least in my building) you've got parents with 3 kids living in a 1br(my upstairs neighbors). I swear it sounds like they are riding bikes in the apartment and at least running around like crazy, jumping up and down. On gorgeous summer days they are inside all day. It is hell for us especially when I am trying to work or read quietly but I feel sorry for the kids and can't imagine growing up like that - like I said in an earlier post I grew up playing with bugs and rocks, watching birds - if parents even in the burbs feel they have to deprive their kids of running around outdoors, sunshine and nature then maybe it isn't so bad that I never had kids.

I would just plead you, or any other parent who wants their child to have a normal childhood, to ignore the other morons and raise your kids the way you see fit.

You can also spin it in three ways:

1. The more parents force themselves and their kids to be cramped up in a house together all day, the more annoyed they get, the more irrational they all act. Not good for the social or physical development of a child. They'll find themselves socially indept.

2. The more responsible parents have their children outside interacting, leaving the bad parents and their kids at home.

3. Because of #1 and #2, you, raising your kid in a responsible manner, will have a child who grows up around other children that will ultimately be successful, and because of the increasingly paranoid / unsociable population, it'll be that much easier for your child to jump ahead of these people on the economic ladder.

Personally, I find it promising either way.

Oh I forgot you don't care about other countries

Last I checked, we don't live in other countries. Why would the murder rate in Australia, or Greece, or England, or Fantasyland matter at all when we're talking about HERE? Unless your point is people in Los Angeles can fire a gun and kill someone in Sydney, or vicariously rape a person through some 15,000+ mile long mind control device.

Back to reality, Aficionado. Take a walk.

You obviously don't get it do you. For the UK, for example, to have a lower homicide rate they must be doing something different and clearly better than. NO? Therefore anyone with half a brain would look at them and say what can we adapt here to reduce our homicide rates. No?

It is okay to admit and accept that the US is no longer the best in the world. That other countries are doing 'certain things' much better than us. Or that laws enacted in 1778 no longer apply in 2008 and need be reworked to reflect the world we live in. A lot of things which were once common sense now need to be legislated in 2008. Like you the parent have a responsibility when you have a child. You don't go laying on your back for 2 minutes then expect everyone else to pay for your child. This is not about bashing the US but about transferring knowledge. Yet it is extremely hard to break through the born and bread we are the envy of the world mentality.

The UK, for examp-- oh wait, we don't live in the UK. No streets here are in the UK, no population here is in the UK, no murders here take place in the UK, our government is not the UK. If you want to talk about the UK, go to the UK and tell them how to run things. Do you have to go on a tangent in every post you make?

Edited November 15, 2008 by SRVT

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The UK, for examp-- oh wait, we don't live in the UK. No streets here are in the UK, no population here is in the UK, no murders here take place in the UK, our government is not the UK. If you want to talk about the UK, go to the UK and tell them how to run things. Do you have to go on a tangent in every post you make?

Man you are a stereotypical Californian dumb ###. I think I might just join the club and put you on my ignore list. You seriously do not know what the #### you are talking about and are a waste of time to chat with. I finally get to use the ignore list feature.

Edited November 15, 2008 by Aficionado

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The UK, for examp-- oh wait, we don't live in the UK. No streets here are in the UK, no population here is in the UK, no murders here take place in the UK, our government is not the UK. If you want to talk about the UK, go to the UK and tell them how to run things. Do you have to go on a tangent in every post you make?

Man you are a stereotypical Californian dumb ###. I think I might just join the club and put you on my ignore list. You seriously do not know what the #### you are talking about and are a waste of time to chat with.

California? I live in the UK, remember? Tell me more about our parliament.

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again?

[Heracles 417]

again?

It's like trying to talk to Beavis and Butt-head. Six being Beavis and SVRT being Butt-head.