I mean they say don't do all of these thing when I am sure they did them too... so is it that they forget or what? They act like we are so rowdy and bad but can't they even slightly remember what it is to have fun and be young?
2007-04-30 08:44:15 · 15 answers · asked by Lindsey G 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
no, we dont want you to make the same mistakes as we did...
2007-04-30 08:47:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I have been driving for 42 years now and do remember doing allot of crazy things when I was younger - however - there are now more laws on the books i.e. seat belts, drinking, some states cell phones, driving with certain age friends that are like 16 years old in our state that cannot have somebody driving after 10PM, etc..... I think due to insurance rates going up and more parents paying for auto insurance for their children while they are still in school, added with more frivolous lawsuits, and maybe 20 times the traffic on the roads today, being an adult with 5 children and other assets could be attached if one of my children is found liable for an accidents - make adults conveniently forget what is was when they were younger and driving on the roads. I remember when hitch hiking was cool and acceptable, not any more. My wife and I have always told our kids that if they are at a party and the driver they are with has had too much to drink (alcohol) to call at anytime of the night and we would go pick them up (which has happened on several occasions). Whereas, I as a 16 or 17 year old would never call my parents!! Times are changing and we selectively forget what it was to drive as a young adult-out of Love for our children.
2007-04-30 09:04:49 · answer #2 · answered by Henry H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's a big difference between having fun while young, and doing things that will permanently screw your life up. As time has progressed, kids attempt to do, what would be considered grownup things, earlier and earlier in their lives. When a high school girl with atleast one kid, maybe more, is a normal thing rather than a rare case, time's have definitely changed. Since kids are trying to act more like grownups at such younger years than they used to, they also get the feeling that they're wiser than grownups and know everything. So we get kids ignoring good advice because they think they're ready to be grown up.
Sure, it's your life and you need to figure some things out on your own. But, your parents are there to help remind you that they were there once there, and they want to see life be easier on you than it was for them. There's no reason that a parent would ever be thinking: "Oh hell no! She's gonna have fun and I can't allow that to happen!" They advise against certain things because they've seen it before.
2007-04-30 09:10:39 · answer #3 · answered by Dethklok 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its not that we forget, its that we remember all to much! There are somethings that I have done and thought what the hell was I thinking at the time, or there might have been some really bad decisions that I had made. When your older your more wise to the things you did in the past. Its funny how your perspective changes with time and having children. Because now your in protective mode and not lets have fun, whatever the consequences mode. Its hard but be respectful and talk it over in discussions, and always ALWAYS BE HONEST! Once the trust is gone, its very hard to get back.....
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2007-04-30 08:56:44 · answer #4 · answered by Kris 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I haven't forgotten. Those were gloriful days then. I was pretty bad at times. It just seems that the young kids today are worse to some, probably because there are so many more people. And when people grow older, some do forget what it is really like to be young. Out parents thought we were the worst there was too!
2007-04-30 08:50:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some times we forget what it was like, but when reminded we just do not want our kids to make some of the same dumba** mistakes we made and have the same harsh consequences too.
That's why we say If I knew then what i know now
2007-04-30 08:50:24 · answer #6 · answered by MintyLass* 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We remember and we also remember what the consequences were when we crossed the line with our parents and things are much more dangerous now than when I was a kid. We never forget. You'll understand when you're a parent and your kids ask that question - and I guarantee you they will!
2007-04-30 08:48:31 · answer #7 · answered by The Nana of Nana's 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course. Why would they abuse if they didn't forget about when they were kids and how they felt if they got abused?
2007-04-30 08:48:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope.
Just over protective. We know the potential repercussions of your actions. You think you are invincable and we think you are weak.
Reality is somwhere in the middle.
2007-04-30 08:47:52 · answer #9 · answered by Water Monkey 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
We remember all too well. That's why we're so worried!
2007-04-30 08:49:06 · answer #10 · answered by Firespider 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We tell you not to do stupid things because we've done it and learned not to do it. Listen to your elders, we know what you don't.
2007-04-30 08:48:06 · answer #11 · answered by Dr. E. Bunny A.K.A. Andy. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋