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Why aren't kids grateful anymore?! - 10/29/2007 7:08:49 PM

elcaMEANo

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I am a senior in High School, I have one of about 5 real cars in the parking lot. I had to work two jobs all summer to buy my car, and I'm proud of that beast. It seems like everyone is getting richer and richer, because I keep seeing mommy and daddy bringin' their kids Vettes, Porsches, Hummers, etc... What Is this CRAP?! Anyways, some kid was always talking trash about how Mom and Dad's, I mean "his" riced out Neon could smoke me, until we raced(at a track of course), and I tell you, It's good to know that my $2000 Elky Can outrun his $8000 Hunk of Crap while peeling out. But My Question is, where did this whole import thing come from, what happened to kids liking old school V8s? Please, any opinions will help.

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RE: Why aren't kids grateful anymore?! - 10/30/2007 9:32:51 AM

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Same thing at my daughter's high school. The parking lot is filled with new cars! She's not driving age yet. Thank goodness! I can't get her a new car. And then insurance......I don't know how they do it?!?!?!?!?!

I have an '89 Camaro. I have less problems with it than I do with my '02 Impala (I still love it, though). They just don't make 'em like they used to. Now, they're computers on wheels!!

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RE: Why aren't kids grateful anymore?! - 10/30/2007 1:19:58 PM

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yeah, kids these days are flippin spoiled rotten. i am only 21, but i cant tell you how many stuck up little mommas boys and daddys girls i go to college with. i wish i could backhand them all!

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RE: Why aren't kids grateful anymore?! - 11/6/2007 9:08:31 AM

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they problem is no one beats their kids any more. a little spanking goes a long way. Getting to the age where i should start considering marrage and kids if feel as if bringing a kid into this world might be the wrong thing to do with so many pieces of **** running around already. On the other hand there are still a few that raise there kids right and respect what they got and where the come from. It might be just my location but so of these kids and parents need the **** beat out of them

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RE: Why aren't kids grateful anymore?! - 11/10/2007 7:03:46 PM

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Used to be when I was a kid, about 3 days after the invention of water, we could get small jobs mowing lawns, paper routes, and I even had the chance to work on some ranches and farms. Not no more boy, I heard of a 8 year old girl that had her lemonade stand shut down because she didn't have a city business licence. Sheesh.....give the kids a break.

It's a liberal conspiracy.

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RE: Why aren't kids grateful anymore?! - 11/13/2007 11:15:38 PM

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Hey
im 14 and im proud that my parents have all the chevys that they could have i would drive them any day i hate stuck up little kiddies saying 'oh im not drivin that thats too old and every body will hate me !!!!!!?

heheh Allie

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RE: Why aren't kids grateful anymore?! - 11/29/2007 6:59:29 AM

Jennymae

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My school was also the same and it was a small town in Oklahoma. The "rich" kids had very nice cars, my parents are well off, but I had to buy my first car and I was a lot more proud of that then the kids who just had theirs handed to them on a silver plate. I remember this one guy who's dad had owned a 69 camaro and it was trashed so when this guy turned 14 his dad told him that if he put in all his own time and fixed it up that could be his car. They worked on that car for two years. When he finally drove it to school it was by far the coolest car I had ever seen (and probably still is) but he always had people trying to race him. and he never would even spin the tires in that car. He appreciated it waaaay too much. I think those standards have been lost and will probably become extinct.

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RE: Why aren't kids grateful anymore?! - 11/30/2007 7:30:10 PM

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When I was in high school, some kids had these nice cars. I hated the fart can civics. I had about a dozen or so. The seniors would be able to skip out last period if they had study hall and they would jump in thier cars and do laps around the school blasting thier system. I worked for my car like a real person, not got it from mommy and daddy. It was only a 550 dollar cavalier, but I worked hard for it and enjoyed it.

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Anyways, some kid was always talking trash about how Mom and Dad's, I mean "his" riced out Neon could smoke me, until we raced(at a track of course), and I tell you, It's good to know that my $2000 Elky Can outrun his $8000 Hunk of Crap while peeling out.

I hear that. I pulled up to a light and this young kid in his riced out civic crx with a aluminum wing that was "WAY" too big for his car, reved his fart can a few times and inched toward the stop lign. Let's just say that when the light turned green, he ate my dust mwahahahahahaha (gasp) hahahahahaha.

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RE: Why aren't kids grateful anymore?! - 12/6/2007 11:46:41 AM

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they problem is no one beats their kids any more. a little spanking goes a long way.

Thats it in a nutshell! When I was growing up, I was too scared to get out of line, cause if I did, my dad came home from work, and off came the belt, or out came the wooden spoon. I grew up with respect for my elders, and respect for women, and the people around me. I didn't lie, cause that would make it worse.

Nowadays, people don't spank their kids, because they are afraid of the repricussions. Well, up here in Canada, anyway. Here, a parent spanks their child, and that child tells the teacher that he/she was spanked, that teacher COULD phone family services, and then it's on. It's happened. If you don't believe me, I'll give you my sisters phone #.

I have a little step son. I am friends with his dad, and we are on the same page. He gets out of line, spanking. He hasn't got one yet, but the threat is there, and that seems to work. I think it's the threat that is the scariest for a kid. It was for me.

Nowadays, here in Canada, kids don't care because they know they are not gonna get punished by the police or anyone else. The law courts do not hand down sentences that equal the crime. For instance, a kid tries to stop a guy from stealing gas from his station. The guy in the car runs over the attendant and drags him 7km to his death. What would the adult sentence for that be in the US? Here, I think he got 7 years, if I'm not mistaken. So, cut that in half, and with time served, he's eligible for parol in 3 years. 2 now.

So, now that I have bored all of you with my banter, I guess what it comes down to, is that parent let their kids get away with anything, because the parents are working, and can't keep an eye on them, they aren't help accountable for the actions they do when left unattended, and the law system is a joke all around.

I a hole bunch more to say on this topic. I didn't even touch on the difference in disciplines of the people who come to our respective countries.......thats a WHOLE nother post.

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RE: Why aren't kids grateful anymore?! - 12/20/2007 8:32:44 AM

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I work at a rehab/boarding school. Oh yes, these kids could use a little disipline...so can their parents.

I drove a '73 VW Passat to high school because my Dad would not let me get a truck. I turned 18 and bought me a Ford F150 4x4 with a big block. Loved that truck. I've owned lots and lots of rigs since.

My kids get a family beater when they get their licenses. I'm looking for a Jeep CHerokee for this. Like heck are they gonna get my CJ7. If they weant something else, they can work for it. I'll help, but they are going to earn it. A little work never hurt anyone.

It's geat to see more young folks thinking this way. I get rather burned out on the entitled selfishness I deal with daily at work.

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