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Article #38Re: i wrote... NOW X-POSTED
From: Chookie
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 04:47
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 04:47
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In article <gdb1q29gmhdc9719c6r5i5tkgh49sjvch8@4ax.com>, gardenlen <gardenlen2@bigpond.com> wrote: > not sure chookie, > > waht i mean is they are the way they are due to peer pressure not > because we where baby boomer parents who thought they should have > everything, quiet the opposite they developed all these wasteful ways > since leaving home, now we are trying to get them to think different > but not winning i tell you. Which is more what I was getting at. I should have been clearer in that I don't think boomers have deliberately brought up bratty kids or something -- but *something* in the boomer mindset, perhaps the independence of thought, has led the kids to be more selfish than their parents/grandparents. Perhaps it's just 2-3 generations of privilege and relative peace? -- Chookie -- Sydney, Australia (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply) "Parenthood is like the modern stone washing process for denim jeans. You may start out crisp, neat and tough, but you end up pale, limp and wrinkled." Kerry Cue
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X-Google-Thread: 111148,16f895af26492fa9 X-Google-Thread: 21e6b0,8e5ffb2fe838f83d X-Google-Attributes: gid111148,gid21e6b0,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!g2news2.google.com!news4.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news1.optus.net.au!optus!newsfeeder.syd.optusnet.com.au!news.optusnet.com.au!not-for-mail From: Chookie <ehrebeniuk@fowlspambegone.com.au> Newsgroups: aus.gardens,aus.family Subject: Re: i wrote... NOW X-POSTED Organization: Purvi References: <XwOmh.816$A8.87@news-server.bigpond.net.au> <459c7729$0$3459$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au> <ehrebeniuk-45272F.17284304012007@news-vip.optusnet.com.au> <0t4nh.1283$A8.1018@news-server.bigpond.net.au> <459dc759$0$20000$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au> <ehrebeniuk-8D9F48.16543906012007@news-vip.optusnet.com.au> <6t90q25mpn62c0uka5n681b09thrb1ou4i@4ax.com> <ehrebeniuk-17DA58.18221107012007@news-vip.optusnet.com.au> <gdb1q29gmhdc9719c6r5i5tkgh49sjvch8@4ax.com> User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.3b1 (PPC Mac OS X) Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 15:47:00 +1100 Message-ID: <ehrebeniuk-80EF84.15470012012007@news-vip.optusnet.com.au> Lines: 24 NNTP-Posting-Host: 211.30.147.169 X-Trace: 1168577217 23346 211.30.147.169