Really? At 17 my parents left the nest to start traveling, and I lived alone at home for up to two weeks at a time.... But my parents were in no way over protective.... I had been doing multi day backpacking trips for years at that point, had a car and was driving, did my own shopping, and worked in addition to school, with a 3.8 gpa.
Really? At 17 my parents left the nest to start traveling, and I lived alone at home for up to two weeks at a time.... But my parents were in no way over protective.... I had been doing multi day backpacking trips for years at that point, had a car and was driving, did my own shopping, and worked in addition to school, with a 3.8 gpa.
Right with ya there, HB -- at their age I'd already worked for a year and was traveling alone to Argentina. I think they're a bit too sheltered, but they're the steps, so I just watch.
And Dolly, it was all I could do to not take over, but again....not my kids. (I am making fun of them on a public forum, though...I'm not made of stone.)
They're smart, too, get As in AP Chem and Physics, but they are dumb, life-wise.
Can't have life-wise dumb kids. lol. Have them go grocery shopping for you too.
Oh, TG...
So, I had sliced up some summer squash on a salad, and one of them asked why I put lemon on the salad (!)
And one night I had some peeled baby new potatos and they thought they were eggs.
This is what happens when you let your ex bring your kids up on Hot Pockets. I told them right out that when it came to food, they were developmentally delayed. They didn't like that much
Really? At 17 my parents left the nest to start traveling, and I lived alone at home for up to two weeks at a time.... But my parents were in no way over protective.... I had been doing multi day backpacking trips for years at that point, had a car and was driving, did my own shopping, and worked in addition to school, with a 3.8 gpa.
yes but could you plan a pool party - extremely challenging you know!
I really think that things have changed in society so much, that kids seem somehow less capable... My wifes grandparents married at 16, and started life... Work, kids, him off to war....
I was out with a gun hunting by myself in late elementary school. The one rule my parents gave was I had to tell them which direction I would be heading, and give them an approximate time I would be home.
Now, kids barely can tie their shoes without calling mom and dad on the cell phone to check in.
My step sons are the same way because I disengaged at an early age and my wife has sheltered and enabled them right into disfunction.
My 11 year old daughter is often teaching them how to do the most basic stuff.
My wife once put a pizza box in the oven and one of the boys turned the oven on to heat something up.
The kids were home alone.
Fire started and both boys hadn't a clue what to do so my then 8 year old daughter grabbed the fire extinguisher gave it to her brother and taught him how to use it then and there.
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They have never held a job, and they didn't even get their drivers license until recently -- okay, raise your hand if you got your license the very day you were legally eligible?
Yeah, me too.
I don't get it -- but I do think it's already taking its toll, as they are finding that things they thought would fall into their lap (leadership positions, etc.) are simply not. Hmmm, how about that?
They have never held a job, and they didn't even get their drivers license until recently -- okay, raise your hand if you got your license the very day you were legally eligible?
I was at the DMV first thing in the morning on my 16th B-day.
My boys didn`t get their license until each was 18 and that was only because I forced them to learn to drive.
I was beside myself.
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I don't get it -- but I do think it's already taking its toll, as they are finding that things they thought would fall into their lap (leadership positions, etc.) are simply not. Hmmm, how about that?
Mine are screwed, just screwed and now they`re starting to see how screwed they are and they just think the world is being unfair to them.
This generation is so...coddled. Coddled and unrealistic. They think they can go to college and then be a CEO Work from the bottom? What?? They feel so entitled to things that aren't even theirs!
My mom works as a college and she says it's unreal how many PARENTS come in to discuss their grown children's classes/grades. Wtf? These people are 18 and 19 and 20 years old! When I got into college, I was on my own. that's why these kids are so helpless....mommy and daddy do everything for them. My mom tells them, "Um...we can't talk to you about your child's grades. If it's important to the student, they can come discuss them." She can't believe it.
I had a job every summer from 15 on. Worked after school from 17 on and got my license the day after my 16th bday.
Just more incentive to give my OD (13 almost) more responsibility and tasks where I stay out of it. If something gets ruined, then she'll learn not to do it that way next time. lol. But she'll be getting summer jobs from 15 on. I'm not an ATM
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LOL: Watching Boys Plan 
My cousin was this way. lollll
