Dear my Generation:

See, Jessi, what you just said is exactly why I haven't completely banned the idea yet. ;)

Rachie, you lot talking about kids with mobile phones just made me remember something. When I went to the hospital with my mum roughly about 2/3 weeks ago there was this kid that was playing with - not just any normal phone - but an iphone. Somehow I find the idea of kids playing with these highly technological touchie screen phones more hideous then normal ones.

What was worse was that when the kids dad took the phone off of him (he gave it to him in the first place but obv wanted to do something on his phone) his kid screamed the whole place down.

Now I've got 3 nepehws and a niece so I know that kids throw tantrums but in all my born days I've never heard a kid throw a tantrum as badly as this kid did!! But the dad gave the phone back to the kid to stop the tantrum!!!!

Baring in mind this kid could barely talk so at the eldest he must have been about 2?

I just couldn't believe my eyes and ears... if that was me I'd never have given the phone to the kid, but when a kid throws a tantrum like that, you try to diffuse the situation, not yield to it? Is it just me?

God these kids aren't being given any principles in life, and that;s how it'll carry on because these 16 yr olds or whatever having kids haven't really learnt as much in life then when you are in your 20's and 30's. So these young parents aren't passing down any principles to their kids and they are growing up spoilt little nasty brats!!

Sorry, I know there's always exeptions to the rules but that incident with the kid in the hospital made me sooo mad I nearly said something and usually I just back off from someone else's situation!!

@Lolly.Bot: My god. Seriously? I'm actually speechless. I also feel like some parents don't really enjoy being parents. I actually know a mother how says she doesn't like being a mom. (She's older, like 40 something)

I don't know if people just don't even know what they get themselves into, or they think it'll be a cake walk and then get hit with the hammer of reality.

One of the reasons I don't want kids: anything made out of love does not deserve a world like this. (the other reasons are more selfish ;-) )
I once saw a store that allegedly sold kids' clothing.. there was a mannequin in the window dressed like a 1 meter tall hooker!

One thing that can get me really irked is the low hanging pants of boys. You know this 'practical joke' of pulling woman's panties down from under their skirts? Every time I see a guy with his pants halfway down his thighs I get the urge to pull it down further.
I don't care if you're wearing expensive underwear, and I certainly don't want to see it!

I cannot stand our generation they are rude, immature, uneducated because they dont try at all and completly immodest. What this generation lacks is self respect. Teenagers dont take the time to find out who they are and who they want to be. They dont stop and think "will I ever regret this?" "is this something I want to one day explain to my kids or have to explain to my parents/siblings/cousins/grandparents/aunts/uncles?" No one takes responsibility for their actions. Another thing if you want to have sex before your married DONT DO IT IN YOUR MOMMY AND DADDY'S HOUSE! You better wait until your out of their house and have a decent job before you take the risk of getting pregnant. GRRRR makes me so mad!

P.S HOMESCHOOLING IS THE WAY TO GO THESE DAYS! Kids pushed into the school system almost always turn into total sheep! The few that think for themselves (it's like a miracle if that even happens!) are the lucky ones but for the most part it's not too good. I think schools have become a negative enviorment and dangerous and if your able too homeschooling is totally the way to go it gives kids the room to be creative to grow on their own to become extremely smart and figure out who they are as they grow.

Jessi: For real. Me and my mum kept looking at eachother like "what the fudge?!" the kid needed disciplining (I can't spell) badly, but they will be the ones that suffer when the kid is older with rude and disrespectful behaviour because the parents aren't setting boundaries.

Though I'm not blaming all parents, when kids hit secondary school parents more or less lose behavioural control (as such), most kids just do what they want.

I'm not bragging but I was never really rebellious I always respected my mum because we had (and still have) a close relationship and whatever I did I always thought "what would my mum think?!".

Maladignia: I HATE low rise trousers/pants, I feel it should come under the act of indescent exposure!! Who wants to see someone else's underwear?? I once saw someone that was wearing their pants (underwear) low down and I could see a lil bit of his arse crack!!!! I always get the urge to pull em up, but give em a phenominal wedgie... LOL.

@ Abbie S. : I'm hit and miss with my opinion of home schooling. Yes, it can spare children from some of the harsh realities of high school, but It can also shelter them. I know a few home schooled kids, I feel like that they don't really understand being apart of such of a society. (I'm not saying that all home schooled kids btw)

I've seen a few kids do really ... weird things because they don't really get it. (btw, this is home schooled and then entering high school)

I don't know what I would rather do, being in high school of home schooled. I know I wouldn't have the friends that I have now, I don't know. I would feel sheltered from the real world I guess.

But I'm under the assumption of kids who I know who've been home schooled.

Ohhh yea there are some fricken crazy homeschooled kids out there but I've been homeschooled my whole life and I assure you I'm perfectly normal and my social skills are not at all screwed up haha. I tried high school for almost a year and was totally grossed out by the people the school was actually featured on an MTV show (but the show had some really dumb exagerations) you can kind of see how ridiculous and immature they all are.

Your so right though some homeschoolers totally awkward too sheltered just not anyone I'd want to hang out with I've encountered them so many times...>.< but with normal parents you can raise normal kids. It's not really the fact that they are homeschooled it's the people who raise them. Just like kids who go to school they are practically raised by their teachers in a way and they each do what the other does for the most part.

Homeschooled vs State Schooled is a very hit and miss topic anyway. I don't either techniques are entirely successful with discipline and that's because the problems we have been talking about with our generation is a cognitive behavioural one and I think the only thing that would change that is some sort of therapy.

After all, you wouldn't try and cure a drug addicts behaviour by disciplining them like you would with a child/teen. They are given treatment for the physical symptoms and the mental behaviour.

Well that's what I think anyway. All we can do is try and set an example.

@Lindsey.N
I know some kids that are 10 and act "Hyper" but they dont disobey teachers or parents and they are actually quite smart and nice. When they are with their friends they do this and laugh. I think its their sort of funny, but you can't really judge.

Okay anyways, where I live, there are kids magazines with style tips and free gifts like lipgloss! This is okay in small amounts (eg. Playing grownups with friends and pretending that they are movie stars) but if they wear it all the time and roll their eyes at girls that play in dirt or with blocks thats just weird. Also, at my school (I am a year 6, I know, I'm a bit young to be on this thread) I have seen weird things. Mufti days, year 3s wearing mini skirts and shirts that say things like "Its all about me" or "I cant help being this perfect" or "So many boys so little time" OR just a shirt with pictures of lipstick and makeup and lips and stuff. Some girls wear nice knee length dresses but I think it is just a phase of the little girls having phones that some eventually grow out of once they are older.
That was a large rant.

I'm in grade 9, and things honestly aren't that bad .
I think if education was more invested in, i mean like compassionate and good quality education perhaps, a lot of these problems would disappear. And the addressing of these social issues, and negative media, I suppose.

I believe that the problem isn't really in elementary school. They're still just being kids. Even when I was younger, girls still wore those things. They're in grade 3, I do not believe at all that they are being slutty. They are innocent girls, and they'll still be innocent for a while.

I do think it falls in with media however. Like the shows we watch. Degrassi, Gossip Girl, Jersey Shore etc. Where it makes it look cool to do stupid crap.

Grace, I don't know if you go clothing shopping with your mom but next time you do take a look at what these stores have to offer for girls. I have a daughter and all they have a lot of the time are clothes like you mentioned! Mini skirts, shirts with grown up sayings on them, teeny tiny shorts, etc. You can find decent clothes out there for girls but they are very hard to find. I refuse to buy my daughter anything inappropriate but some parents don't think anything of it, they just buy what it available and move on.

I used to work for a children's clothing store too. I was appalled when they started selling daisy dukes at the store! And so were many parents! The only people that ever shopped at the store I worked at(Gymboree) were parents that were looking for something better quality and didn't mind the price, so it wasn't surprising to me when a lot of them did complain about it. My daughter was born after I stopped working there, but I still bought most of her clothes from there because, despite the daisy dukes, they did have decent clothes like knee length skirts.

I just turned 14 and I completely understand- I guess I do admit that I had a boyfriend when I was 13 (lasted 7 months, hmmm) but I would barely hold his hand (hah im more of the "best-friend" relationship type. but hugs are nice)

Literally, I do really hate our generation.

The music SUCKS (rap/hip-hop? no. no no no no no.), guys at school (just moved to a public school...:/) who are rude to girls are thought of as cool, grinding is "only for fun", and I am FREAKING SICK of short-shorts! (I keep finding awesome striped shorts, and then I notice that they are short-shorts. To HELL with short-shorts!)

I saw an earlier comment about how when they were my age they were "playing outside with their friends"

I am also admitting that this generation is very technological-crazy. I am a huge computer nerd, I do have a very nice phone (my first phone actually) and two iPods (One nano, one iTouch) but even I am not obsessed. I actually dislike texting (I'd rather talk- I cant type as fast as i think), I only really use my iPods when no one is talking to me and I want to listen to music, and my laptop....well....

Ok I use it alot. :3

But I do get excersize!

Actually right now I am asking the student council at my school if we can have a rock-and-roll dance. Homecoming was ONLY ghetto rap and "I want to rock your bed".
I feel that as we look back on our generation, we will be embarrassed that all of our music was auto-tuned.


I wish I was stuck in the 90's again. Or the early 00's.