“It’s 10pm. Do you know where your children are?”
(We were raised on house water and neglect)
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radiofreebc@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Yeah, they’re called “Generation X” and were treated more as trophies than families.
Gen X raised themselves.
“It’s 10pm. Do you know where your children are?”
(We were raised on house water and neglect)
It’s 10 p.m. do you know where your parents are?
And then there was that time Rock & Rule aired on one of the 3 free TV channels and changed all our lives, as we struggled to adjust the rabbit ears. Interrupted only by the occasional glance out the window looking for the car pulling into the driveway because you were told to be in bed by 9:30 and better not be up when your folks got home.
Elder millennials too
Uhh Gen X… 1961? Close but still boomer.
fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 1 week ago
Now we have the opposite problem. Parents expect to GPS track their kids 24/7 and they probably aren’t allowed outside in the first place
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 1 week ago
Meanwhile six year olds in Japan take the train and/or subway to school all alone, 12 year olds in vietnam ride electric scooters on 60 kph roads to get to school, and I met a chinese 16 year old crossing vietnam by motorbike all by himself.
SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 days ago
Yup. Also, Vietnamese parents dropping off very little kids outside school mostly just plop them down on the pavement outside, say bye, and ride off.
Boys on unplated electric scooters are a liability though, I’ve seen loads of them getting into crashes
HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
Don’t worry, europe has the same problem but with fatbikes.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 days ago
All of these things happen in the US too. This country is massive and incredibly varied.
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 6 days ago
I’m american lol no the fuck you don’t see 6 year olds taking public transit by themselves.
radiofreebc@lemmy.world 1 week ago
My brother and i weren’t allowed inside the house if it was a nice day outside.
Lumelore@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 week ago
My parents did that to me as well until one day when I was like 6. I kept trying to get inside to cool off and my mom kept telling me it was too nice out to be indoors until eventually I threw up and passed out.
DagwoodIII@piefed.social 1 week ago
Heard a teacher talking about fifth graders [about 11 years old] who were asking her to tie their shoes.
TheRagingGeek@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Yeah sadly my wife was pretty anxious about our kids being out unattended, I ended up having to get a gps device for my youngest so that he could be the little extrovert that he is. I blame the news for all the panic.
DagwoodIII@piefed.social 1 week ago
https://bookshop.org/p/books/how-to-do-nothing-with-nobody-all-alone-by-yourself-a-timeless-activity-guide-to-self-reliant-play-and-joyful-solitude-robert-paul-smith/fdef205eb5d3a604
How To Do Nothing With No One All Alone By Yourself.
Great book for a kid.
TheRagingGeek@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Hmm that might’ve been useful, but my last one is full grown now. Just glad he was able to be an urban explorer like I was back then
zaphod@sopuli.xyz 6 days ago
I wouldn’t want to have gen X or millenials as parents, boomers were bad enough.