Subj : Re: BBS People
To   : ryan
From : Dream Master
Date : Thu Feb 11 2021 05:54 pm

 Re: Re: BBS People
 By: ryan to Bob Roberts on Thu Feb 11 2021 03:15 pm

ry> Yep - agree with this. I grew up in the pre-smartphone era, as did most
ry> people here, and I think we can all remember friends growing up with
ry> absentee parents and lack of discipline or consequences. I say this not
ry> having a dog in the fight because I'm not a parent and won't be. But I
ry> find it interesting nevertheless.

I grew up in the 80s.  Both of my parents worked and I was expected to figure
out what needed to be done before they got home.  From about 2:30pm (when I got
home from school) until 5 or 6pm, my parents weren't home.  Too many times I'd
use that time to my advantage.  Consequences were minimal as my mother always
felt the need to take everything on herself and my father, well, he didn't do
anything around the house.  When I brought friends over, they were expected to
behave.  If I brought over girls, they were expected to stay out of my bedroom
(well, what my parents didn't know didn't phase them).

In some ways, I'm not sure I actually had it all that great.

I think my children are doing a hell of a lot better than I did at their age.

Brian Klauss <-> Dream Master
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