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54: Do some people just completely ignore their friend's posts?
Complaining about a minor problem that happens to you once in a blue
moon, that others struggle with every day of their lives, isn't only
nonsensical, but somewhat inconsiderate and selfish. #100DaysOfHopper
Day 54: When I was a kid, the best pizzeria in Brooklyn was right next door to an X-rated movie theater. The place had posters everywhere and the titles were raunchy as one would expect. Romancing the Bone was my favorite as a teen. Nobody thought twice about this being offensive, because it wasn't anything odd or unnatural. Today parents go ape shit if their kids see a pair of boobs on screen. Which probably leads to their kids having odd thoughts about the opposite sex and leads to fears and misconceptions, which in turn leads, most likely to sexual dysfunction and misogyny. We all know what that can turn into.
When our generation was younger we played with fire crackers, lawn darts and sneaked into parks, pools and lakes to go swimming. Sure at times we crossed the line, but there was never malice in our actions. Today, kids are so repressed that when "forced" to go outside, they end up in trouble. It seems to me that this new wonderful style of parenting, where you know where your child is at every second and you know everything about their lives is hindering not only their independence, but their creativity. Kids all dress alike, talk alike and act alike. I see it in my friend's kids and I see it in the children I work with. Individuality is being so suppressed that kids hate being themselves in every way, for fear that they will become social outcasts. It is so bad that even their parents, regardless of their denial, all seem to dress alike, talk alike and act alike. They pretend to like the same things as their neighbors, for fear of rejection. Gossip and bullying doesn't only happen between children.
When did the world become so afraid of being itself. I'd much rather spend an evening talking to individuals with varying thoughts and ideals than a group that shares the same feelings, true or portrayed. I might be a know it all, but I do know kids and sometimes not being the parent is as valuable as "knowing my kid." My parents knew me and many of our parents did and that knowledge was never shown more in what they didn't try to control as much as, if not more than, what they did. #100DaysOfHopper
Day 54: When I was a kid, the best pizzeria in Brooklyn was right next door to an X-rated movie theater. The place had posters everywhere and the titles were raunchy as one would expect. Romancing the Bone was my favorite as a teen. Nobody thought twice about this being offensive, because it wasn't anything odd or unnatural. Today parents go ape shit if their kids see a pair of boobs on screen. Which probably leads to their kids having odd thoughts about the opposite sex and leads to fears and misconceptions, which in turn leads, most likely to sexual dysfunction and misogyny. We all know what that can turn into.
When our generation was younger we played with fire crackers, lawn darts and sneaked into parks, pools and lakes to go swimming. Sure at times we crossed the line, but there was never malice in our actions. Today, kids are so repressed that when "forced" to go outside, they end up in trouble. It seems to me that this new wonderful style of parenting, where you know where your child is at every second and you know everything about their lives is hindering not only their independence, but their creativity. Kids all dress alike, talk alike and act alike. I see it in my friend's kids and I see it in the children I work with. Individuality is being so suppressed that kids hate being themselves in every way, for fear that they will become social outcasts. It is so bad that even their parents, regardless of their denial, all seem to dress alike, talk alike and act alike. They pretend to like the same things as their neighbors, for fear of rejection. Gossip and bullying doesn't only happen between children.
When did the world become so afraid of being itself. I'd much rather spend an evening talking to individuals with varying thoughts and ideals than a group that shares the same feelings, true or portrayed. I might be a know it all, but I do know kids and sometimes not being the parent is as valuable as "knowing my kid." My parents knew me and many of our parents did and that knowledge was never shown more in what they didn't try to control as much as, if not more than, what they did. #100DaysOfHopper
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