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So, I’m sitting in McDonalds right now in Midland. An older lady beside me spills her coffee all over the table. There’s a table full of high school kids right beside her. Well, immediately 3 of them jump up and help clean it up before the staff even show up. In a world where we are often critical of kids it sure nice to see there are still some great ones. Well done raising your kids to the parents !!!!
Every generation has said the same thing about kids as a generalization but for the most part the next generation is better than the last, in many respects.
The number of times I have witnessed a middle aged man in good health look the other way when a pregnant lady gets on and is looking for a seat. I see respect by the kids and disrespect by the older generations, there are both in every group.
Good on you kids, prove the boomers wrong :D
Fox-can you elaborate why the new generations are better then the old ones?In many respects?Quote:
Originally Posted by Fox
If a middle age Gent turns his head-does that means the Young generation of that gentleman's age (when they were teenagers)were the same-how You know that?
Based on -what?
Maybe old generations can chime in-what they were thought to do for respect and politeness-VS todays' kids.They have a say,because they saw it all(60-80 years).
I recon you are about 35-40 max ........can not have experience about us,older ppl.
As much as we will never know how the today's young ones will behave in 40 years! And then their behavior in the future will say what ?about their youth....
At the other hand-at least here on the forum please stay away from beating the Boomers.While the Emoji softens it a bit,this Boomer thing is still a hype and propaganda,nothing else :thumbup:
We are not Facebook and Tik-Tok.
And at the end-who invented this Hype to beat the Boomers-the so much respectful new generation?:silly:Dont you see oxymoron here?:scream:
I have seen the same thing, a middle aged man in good health [ seemingly], but he had a bad hip and walked with a very noticeable limp when he got up and left.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fox
Would you expect him to give up his seat??
What you see is not always as it appears at a glance!
Right on. Good for them. There’s still lots of good people out there. Someone kids turned out all right.....must be because of good parents.....:thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by terrym
I'm curious Fox, you live out of town for quite a while now. When was the last time you actually took public transit and saw this on a bus so many times? Sounds kind of strange to me. Overall I certainly wouldn't say I see anything to back up your assumptions either. The boomer term doesn't look good on you at all either.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fox
Racism, sexism, lack of compassion for those with mental illnesses, some of the problems of the past that are being rectified.Quote:
Originally Posted by gbk
Every single day, I commute to the city from my small property for work, just took the bus and train today, pretty empty this morning and I assume so due to the Covid-19 virus finally arriving here.Quote:
Originally Posted by smitty55
I also work at an academic institution and see the mix of young and very old on a daily basis, but thanks for coming out.
Oh, and I use the term boomer as it is intended, to represent those born in the baby boom, between the years 1946 and 1964. Sorry but boomers are no better than any other generation before or since and in many ways the following generations (Gen X, Millenial, and Gen Z) are better than the previous.
That being said, everyone will look to the years when they were their strongest and say those were the best years and they were the best generation, this would be the time that you were in your 20s.
I remember my grandma talking about the "good old days", you know, back when people of colour had no rights, when women were not allowed to work out of the home and when her neighbour used to rape his daughters and people just kept quiet about it, the "good old days".
Well said Fox , good rebuttal . I am a boomer. The ' good old days' were not... for everyone.
I'm a boomer also. The one thing I believe to be different was that we were taught manners and were expected to display those teachings in our daily lives. As kids, if we acted up especially in public, we'd pay dearly. If I got in trouble and my parents found out about it I was more afraid of them than the consequences of law. We had to be in at certain times and be accountable for what we were up to. When I messed up I was disciplined. Today its tantamount to child abuse. You can argue about exceptions all day long but on the whole I like to believe I lived in a better society.
I see the difference today. At one time you were expected to open a door for a women. Now you can expect to be subjected to ridicule or sexism. And if you sit down at my table wearing your hat backwards, expect to hear about it in no uncertain terms.
I don't mind being old. Besides, we grew up with the best of music.
My great grandmother made this comment not to me but my father in the early 70's and she was 101 years young at the time. The world is going crazy and so is everyone in it. If she could only see it now she would roll over in her grave!!!
[QUOTE=Fox;1107013]Racism, sexism, lack of compassion for those with mental illnesses, some of the problems of the past that are being rectified.
I think even you do not mean this seriously.
All these are big stigma words created to shame people-mostly by the SOOO tolerant ones.
I don't know why you would refute Fox's comments. I went through grade school in the 50's and kids were bullied, teased and ostracised constantly for being fat or skinny, for being homely, having pimples, wearing glasses or having some sickness like epilepsy or even Down's Syndrome. We knew it was wrong to tease but there were never any consequences for it. No one was ever told to stop, either by teachers or parents. We didn't understand how negatively it impacted a person and didn't care anyway. And it was common practice. There was never anything in the newspapers or TV about teasing or bullying unlike today. Now we have social media, it gets talked about in schools and hopefully parents talk to their kids about bullying.
I wish I could go back in time because I now know how to be a better person because the topic is front and center.
Great Post , Sawbill :thumbup: , although I am a Pre Boomer by about 4 years, but with you 100 percent! One thing that you didn't mention is "Respect " and the lack of it these days.Quote:
Originally Posted by sawbill
That is because even in those days there were both parents and teachers that didn't care, and from then on things just deteriorated in those families all the way along to the present and the future for their following generations , because no one cared way back then to put a stop to it.Quote:
Originally Posted by sawbill
Now that is the truth.Quote:
Originally Posted by sawbill
I'd have treated people differently back then too.
The worse thing you could have done in the 50's was get pregnant in highschool, this was while 16 year olds were in grade 8 bullying others; women were beat up at home and had no one to turn to; boys in wheelchairs ( had 2 brothers with Duchene Muscular Dystrophy) didn't know what access for the disabled meant; veterans were returning home when no one had ever heard of PTSD
I never call it the good old days.
Hear, hear !!!! Excellent post Sawbill! I too am from that era. You were bang on with the way I was raised.Quote:
Originally Posted by sawbill
That's refreshing to hear ... good on those kids. There's no doubt good kids out there.
I think the experience is really based on where you live. I see lots of good people in smaller towns.
Some of the rich communities around Toronto have groups of really rotten kids ... they are selfish, foul-mouthed, reckless and borderline anarchists (destroy things just to destroy things).
Also from well to do educated families, a number of years ago there was a series of mailbox bashings in the area , when they were caught their leader was the son of the Provincial Court Prosecutor in the nearby large City on Lake Ontario. [not Toronto or GTA ]Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkB
Some good parents have 'bad' kids. Some 'bad' parents have good kids. Not always. Go figure.
And this, ^^^, is the only generalization that anyone can really makeQuote:
Originally Posted by fishermccann
Haha, some parents have good and bad kids ... like are they related?? LOL.Quote:
Originally Posted by fishermccann