Having Kids is for people with Unsatisfying Careers? - Bilge

D donhonyc Tiki Socialite The Quiet EAST Village Joined: Jan 13, 2003 Posts: 1197	D donhonyc Posted posted on Tue, Jul 26, 2005 6:16 PM As far as bringing a child into a crazy world, well, please point me to the epoch in history when there wasn't crazyness and it was a good time to have kids. It probably lasted only 20 or so years, and those kids grew up and had to clean up the problems of the world. My parents had me during vietnam. Their parents had them during WWII. Same here. My parents were born at that time and I was born during Vietnam (the 60s were a cool time to be born). And I agree, when was the world not crazy? Unfortunately, in my opinion, the craziness of the world now is alot more immediate than it was in the 40s, 50s, and 60s. Maybe I listen to too much talk radio...I don't know. I'm not challenging anybody on why they had their kids. To each his or her own. And I know that this is going to fall into the 'old crank' category, but another issue I have personally with having kids in our world today is that their is TOO MUCH STUFF available to and for kids. Alot of it is designed and manufactured for them, alot of it isn't. For example I think if I had kids I would get rid of my TV, or at least try to make a damn good effort to get rid of it. I'm not that big a TV watcher anyway. I would not want my kid in front of a TV for the first two years of their life, and later on I would only allow it at a minimum. But I know what you're saying 'easier said than done'.All of us 30-something people grew up with TV, no doubt. But now it's cable and DVDs and all this other garbage. I have seen too many examples in my own family of parents 'babysitting' or shutting-up their kids with television, on demand television that is. It 's a short term solution, and with these particular kids in my family, they get worse, not better. More whining, more back-talk, more calling their parents names, the works. It's not like when we were kids and Sesame Street came on at 4 o'clock or whatever and you watched and that was it. Now it's like 'the kids are bored, let's pop in a Care Bears video and shut them up". How do you walk the line of not exposing your kids to things that alot of other kids have and not have them be some outcast when they start in grade school when all the other kids know who 'Dora' is and yours don't.

As far as bringing a child into a crazy world, well, please point me to the epoch in history when there wasn't crazyness and it was a good time to have kids. It probably lasted only 20 or so years, and those kids grew up and had to clean up the problems of the world. My parents had me during vietnam. Their parents had them during WWII.

Same here. My parents were born at that time and I was born during Vietnam (the 60s were a cool time to be born). And I agree, when was the world not crazy? Unfortunately, in my opinion, the craziness of the world now is alot more immediate than it was in the 40s, 50s, and 60s. Maybe I listen to too much talk radio...I don't know.

I'm not challenging anybody on why they had their kids. To each his or her own. And I know that this is going to fall into the 'old crank' category, but another issue I have personally with having kids in our world today is that their is TOO MUCH STUFF available to and for kids. Alot of it is designed and manufactured for them, alot of it isn't. For example I think if I had kids I would get rid of my TV, or at least try to make a damn good effort to get rid of it. I'm not that big a TV watcher anyway. I would not want my kid in front of a TV for the first two years of their life, and later on I would only allow it at a minimum. But I know what you're saying 'easier said than done'.All of us 30-something people grew up with TV, no doubt. But now it's cable and DVDs and all this other garbage. I have seen too many examples in my own family of parents 'babysitting' or shutting-up their kids with television, on demand television that is. It 's a short term solution, and with these particular kids in my family, they get worse, not better. More whining, more back-talk, more calling their parents names, the works. It's not like when we were kids and Sesame Street came on at 4 o'clock or whatever and you watched and that was it. Now it's like 'the kids are bored, let's pop in a Care Bears video and shut them up". How do you walk the line of not exposing your kids to things that alot of other kids have and not have them be some outcast when they start in grade school when all the other kids know who 'Dora' is and yours don't.

Post #174956 by donhonyc on Tue, Jul 26, 2005 6:16 PM