Originally Posted by mama's place
I'm homesick for our childhoods....we must mostly be in the same age neighborhood....similar memories. I think I remember all of that except for the colored film over the TV..too funny. Didn't have that one.
Do you all think that sense of peace and contentment will ever return? My grandsons are so tuned in to their video game devices that they don't notice us when we visit them..so sad.
I taught school for close to 20 years, 7th-10th. Man, what a shock to be in schools today after being raised in a strict school environment like you mentioned above...no respect for anybody. So sad. So hard to teach kids who don't act like they want to learn. Sad that the young lady above had such a bad experience in school. No solution in sight, either. Society has to get a grip on respect for authority, parental responsibility, etc. Young people might laugh at our simple lives from the past, but we were blessed to have lived them. Think I'll go sit on the front porch "a spell." LOL
I'm a high school bus driver for Labette County High School here in Kansas. You wouldn't believe the topics the kids discuss on my bus, the comments they make, and they don't care who they make them in front of. So many of the kids today have no parenting. You can sure tell the difference between the kids whose parents are really involved in their lives and the kids who really don't have anyone who shows interest in them. It's to bad because a lot of kids are falling through the cracks. I take an interest in every child on my bus and try to encourage them
to make wise choices. For some of the kids, Having their seats warmed up a little would help cure a lot of the bad behavior, if you know what I mean. My mother told me that if I got a spanking at school, I was getting another one when I got home. Believe me, I never got spanked at school. Today, if the school tries to discipline a child the parent is up in the principals face!!