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In general parents are much

PeraclesPlease — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 08:08:00 +0000

In reply to yeah hah, they don't get what

In general parents are much more hands-on spending time with kids than used to be.
And then all these prep schools are pushing these heavy workloads & mandatory "extracurriculars" to force the kid to be well-rounded. No time to read "Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas" or go get stoned/laid, or just chill at the mall/record store/lake...

But then for many special needs, navigating the traps of the 1-size-fits-all school system designed to weed out any marginal performers/square pegs before college can be quite harrowing.

There are some advantages to helping kids into internships & careers - it's not like that's not the expected benefit of the first couple years in the workworld, to start learning the ropes, and if they do acquire the needed skills to do online marketing, Youtube self-promotion, whatever - yeah, it's a sustainable business practice that can fund a whole lot of leisure or other opportunities. Even if the parents do everything at first. Though if it's just parents keeping a hand in everything, it's more an extended family franchise, as seen so well with the Kardashians. (Kiley's billion dollars owed primarily to her mother's expert marketing skills & promotion, even if she contriubutes something - she's still the product, Kris Jenner's the creative genius). In general, pushing some practical activities but putting more and more responsibility on the kid is roughly a family internship - not bad.

Sure, if you're the by-the-bootstraps self-motivated 17-year-old, this probalby won't be necessary. But as parents we're also worried about what happens when the robots come, most basic work is offshored to Asia, and all that's left are wiping-peoples-butts-for-$7/hour jobs, yeah, economic anxiety.

Everything I've read and

ocean-kat — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 07:37:01 +0000

In reply to BTW, I do recall Racquel

Everything I've read and everything I've experienced convinces me that what a prepubescent child experiences is at most a pale glimmer of what sexual desire is for post pubescent teens and adults. The changes that come from the hormonal changes of puberty are as great on an emotional level as the physical changes. The emotional intensity of sexual desire is so overwhelming that it takes several years for teens to learn to deal with it and have some control over it. I'd have to see some pretty convincing evidence to convince me that 9 or 10 year old children have experienced or are even capable of experiencing sexual desire enough to know if they are gay or straight.

yeah hah, they don't get what

artappraiser — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 03:48:09 +0000

In reply to BTW, I do recall Racquel

yeah hah, they don't get what they are learnin' about, they are just mimicking those they admire. Sorta the same way as babies learn language, they are trying out culchas. What else can they do? Listen to the teacher? Nah.

Edit to add: Comes to mind nowadays with the popularity of snowplowing parenting, many not only think they should totally self-direct as to talents, but the parents need to enable in every way possible. The Tiger Mom thing is like the total flip side of that.

I am not necessarily bashing any system here, as I have no experience raising. Just analyzing. Coming from the child experience, I think it behooves to keep in mind that the forbidden often becomes the most desirable to learn.

BTW, I do recall Racquel

PeraclesPlease — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 02:35:10 +0000

In reply to This is garbage, part of the

BTW, I do recall Racquel Welch being a pretty hot topic in 4th grade, among other indicators of interest if not prowess. These days, news travels fast. And early.

The Guinness book of world

PeraclesPlease — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 00:00:11 +0000

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The Guinness book of world record firsts has gone full-court.
I used to think being the first left-handed cross-eyed bucktoothed congenital idiot to do X was sufficient, but now there's all sorts of sneaky competition.

The whole gender thing is

artappraiser — Sun, 24 Mar 2019 21:31:35 +0000

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The whole gender thing is permeating kid culture to the max. It's like a millennial wanting to be the first Little Mermaid or Dora the Explorer president when she was a kid. Being non cis is the hottest thing. It's so extreme, so overwhelming, that I suspect it will be over quicker than most trends. It has such extreme popularity--I even hear sarcasm about it from a Gen X sibling that coaches grade school in flyover--so overwhelming that I suspect it will be over quicker than most trends.

This is garbage, part of the

ocean-kat — Sun, 24 Mar 2019 18:52:47 +0000

In reply to 11-Year-Old Who Wants To Be America’s First Lesbian President

This is garbage, part of the insane agenda of liberal democrats. I 100% support gay rights but this child has no idea what her sexual orientation will be. I didn't know I was heterosexual when I was in fifth grade. I wasn't looking at girls and fantasizing about fucking them. I didn't get sexually excited by them. I didn't get my first erection until I was in 7th grade. I suppose there's an occasion 10 year old child who goes through an early puberty but one look at this child it's clear she hasn't gone through any sexual awakening. Is she really sexually turned on by other girls? Does she seriously lay in bed at night fantasizing about sexual contact with her 10 year old classmates. This is just nonsense.