halo_jones said:
ViolentBadger said:
halo_jones said:
You all here seem to either want the golden age that never was.
There was a golden age, you obviously weren't part of it.
IF YOUR GOING TO QUOTE ME QUOTE IN CONTEXT!
You all here seem to either want the golden age that never was, or you want your kids to be processe educated to standard XYZ!
And to answer your 'give me a few'
I dont believe there was a golden age' or ever has been we are talking about 'lost childhoods'
MY comments are in the context of asking so perhaps not perhaps some not so comfortable questions to RackCatchPlunger and the visions that the past is always better made by some.
I wasnt part of any golden age being born in 1961! Society was being lead and directed by a combination of those generations, either caught between the vestiges of though who fought to keep fascism from Europe and those born free of that conflict and coming to there prime in the free easy and rebellious 1960.
Yes I could run around freely but the education system and my schooling was being fought over by the old school of the 3 Rs or the progressives of no structure! My parents either could not be bothered or really were didnt feel they had a responsibility to ensure this golden age of schooling was benefiting me
Beside education in the 60s and 70s didnt really effect your future! Did they, if you where state school educated and low achiever! Didnt take reduce the tool set of aspiration and choice! Long as you didnt mind factory or shop work.
Yes I could run around freely and as I grew a little older be left safely alone to be on my own and walk to the and swim and explore on my own on the beaches of Barton on Sea! Water safety had been explained to me in the mode of if youre going to the beach dont you do anything stupid and of course being a young child I full grasped the reality of danger!
This how ever is something that has no perfect answer how is a child to learn about danger wrapped in cotton wool and insulated other than perhaps involving your self with teaching sharing experiencing with them?
Yes I could run around freely and as I grew a little older be left, as many latch key kids were safe alone at home to watch my younger brother as they dropped off down the road to neighbours, friends or even the pub! Enjoying the spectacle of how booze can change people to the joys of children should BE seen BUT not heard spare the rod and spoil the child
Yes for all of that though for some children it was a time that was free of some of the stresses of today! Of free milk at school, proper balanced food feed to all at lunch time guaranteeing for some that at least one hot meal a day. Proper exercise with school sports and public green space to play in. Dependant on where you lived and how much effort your parents took in your development much as today though governed just how good, there golden days where.
Today though we have the extra problems not associated with my generation, the was the odious marketing to sexualise children before many have reached puberty
I ask the question though who buys girls of 10 crop tops with glittery bunny girl logos or allows there sons to wear there jeans low slung and loose at the waistband in the style of prisoners in the American justice system.
Todays mixed messages constantly played out on TV, the cult of style over substance with being a personality is now judged a career! The return of greed is good, of standards and targets being rushed in then constantly changed before they can be judged. Changes in working practices in society increasing even more greatly loss of connection with your kids due to the work commute, the school commute, the rush and bustle of trying always to make time just to eat together for many families. I could go on but frankly it just wakes me weep that we have it seemed not learnt anything from our pasts and think nothing of our childrens futures?
This is no golden age either. Just remember we reap what we sew