tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post7073290892662501429..comments2023-10-24T08:33:10.354-04:00Comments on Reformed Leftist (& Friends): Raising A Generation Of WimpsPaul Huehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01276182482853030605noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-15952934224782821722007-02-08T13:34:00.000-05:002007-02-08T13:34:00.000-05:00When Tom and I were "coming up" in Austin's "East ...When Tom and I were "coming up" in Austin's "East Side" in the 1970s, we never got driven to the swimming pool or sports practices. We walked, rode bikes, or caught a bus. My 12-year-old instead has a live-in taxi service, as do every one of her school mates. <BR/><BR/>I wonder if this might help explain how it is that at her age I had already read Manchild in the Promised Land, for which she Paul Huehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01276182482853030605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-56479298748302447382007-02-08T12:15:00.000-05:002007-02-08T12:15:00.000-05:00"The idea is to make sure your children live bette..."The idea is to make sure your children live better than you did, isn't it?"<BR/><BR/>Right, Steve. But if we pamper and baby them, will they really live better? Or will they get used to statying home when it's cold or playing video games all day, and not learn the value of a hard day's work?Nadirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00674871983955369648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-36930100994919018482007-02-07T20:06:00.000-05:002007-02-07T20:06:00.000-05:00Face it guys, we're just getting old.
I remember ...Face it guys, we're just getting old.<br /><br />I remember my parents and grandparents telling me and my siblings that we were soft and spoiled.<br /><br />Different generations, different standards.<br /><br />My father made me pay him for my first car, which was a 1974 Ambassador which had been sitting in the garage for over 2 years.<br /><br />I was 17.<br /><br />His reasoning was that he uptownsetevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09916602253506986040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-20350745191819936032007-02-07T11:11:00.000-05:002007-02-07T11:11:00.000-05:00OK, we're altogether on this one. I have been tell...OK, we're altogether on this one. I have been telling people the same thing the past two days. I've been here in Detroit from the deep south now for nearly 10 years, the first five or so before global warming picked up (due to manmade, natural, or a mixture of causes). I never heard of anybody canceling anything due to "too cold". In fact, I remember being much colder than I have been these past Paul Huehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01276182482853030605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-22162911884252018372007-02-06T20:28:00.000-05:002007-02-06T20:28:00.000-05:00When I was a kid, we used to walk to school (or th...When I was a kid, we used to walk to school (or the bus stop) in the snow (though it was in Kentucky and Tennessee, so it wasn't as cold) up hill both ways! These parents and schools officials are wimps!<br /><br />So <A HREF="http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070206/NEWS03/70206034/1025/FEATURES">the kids in South Lyon protested today</A> because they had to go to school. Nadirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00674871983955369648noreply@blogger.com