Are we raising a generation of wimps or what? Kids are being so overprotected, when we grew up, we watched a mouse and a cat beat the hell out of each other, and now when there violence on TV parents throw a fit. When we were bullied in school we stood up for are selves, Now when a kid is bullied he runs and to his mom and dad and acts like wimp and cries. When we got in trouble are parents sided with the authority. Not fight it. Are we raising a generation of wimps or what?
2007-09-29 09:54:10 · 5 answers · asked by Shan Patridge 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Its the cities, kids out here in the sticks are still exactly like the way it was when we grew up.
City parents spoil their children and pretty much let them get away with anything.
It has gotten to a point were children cant fight in schools, I think that is awful. If two kids have a problem I would prefer they duke it out and take a 3 day suspension like I did, however the school now calls the police and the kids are EXPELLED. Stupid, stupid, stupid.
2007-09-29 10:52:42 · answer #1 · answered by evo741hpr3 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have no problem with wood chips at the playground, seatbelts, or helmets on bikes. That doesn't raise a child to be a wimp; it just reduces the severity of their (inevitable) injuries. My 8-year-old daughter jumped off a swing (landing on woodchips) and, not being a wimp, said nothing more than that her wrist hurt. No crying, no screaming, etc. Turned out the next day that she had broken two bones. When the cast came off, she out was jumping away again. Is she a wimp because the woodchips lessened the severity of the break? I think not. Our car was rear ended by a hit-and-run driver when we had an infant in the back seat. Had she not been in a carseat, she'd have been killed. Did the carseat make her a wimp? I don't think so; it let her grow up to be a tough kid. I do think no winners in pee-wee baseball is silly (in my experience the kids know who won even if the grownups don't keep score). And I think 10-year-olds who aren't allowed in the back yard without a grownup in a safe neighborhood, or kids whose parents rush in threatening to sue the school because they get disciplined for cheating or get a bad grade, or kids who are never allowed to experience the natural consequences of their mistakes are being raised to be "wimps" and "whiners" (for lack of a kinder word).
2016-04-06 07:16:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I agree. Parents are deeply involved in the pussification of America. Nobody wants their kids to get their feelings hurt. Everyone gets a trophy, everyone gets told they are doing a great job. Like that sniveling goal tender on the women's soccer team. You could tell she's a spoiled little $#@!$. This does not bode well for the future of our country. I refuse to go to kids games and school functions because the parents make me sick.
2007-09-29 10:07:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
What are you talking about?
Remember the original Super Friends cartoon from the 70's? How they had almost none of the main characters hitting eachother and everything had to be done with beams and lassos and junk?
Compare it to Teen Titans (2003) or Legion of Superheros (2006). They kick the snot out of eachother.
Both series are based on DC comics and contain several of the same characters (Robin, Cyborg, Superman, ect.) but the modern cartoons are way tougher.
2007-09-29 10:18:18 · answer #4 · answered by sgtcosgrove 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
They get plenty of violence through video games. Those things put Tom and Jerry to shame. Have you seen some of these video games the boys play? No, these kids get their share of violence. Don't worry. They'll be as macho as the previous generations. lol
2007-09-29 10:02:51 · answer #5 · answered by Lydia H 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋