It really is a cataclysm of generations that just so happen to of created the current one. Like I said, it would be no different in the 1960's if the internet was around then. New tools, and of course with new tools some are liable to abuse them.


to be honsty its hard to say, i can agree with you on the part about the 30 something gen but if any the 40 to 50 gen . more orless inabling 30 something gen by taking care of the baby there kids create in some cases they might be taking care of the grandbabies too , but it seem that talkin about whats wrong is not goin to help . i the millon dollar question is what can be done . ever one to help this issue cus the simple fact is that folk weather there young or old are goin to find a way to have sex if they want or think they want to . now it how do we put ourself out of the tailspin before the next gen suffer and how do explan to a kid that sex and love are surpost go together when the hole world around them is telling them that love isnt real.

I fell over laughing whilst listening to the news a few weeks ago, the UK Education Board and the Schools' Mininster are thinking of introducing parenting classes for the parents of youngsters who repeatedly truant and are excluded from school, get drunk in public ( and get arrested) I say this is too little too late........ They had left the stable doors open ages ago when they stepped in and disrupted the way schools were run. We now have an explosion of schools right across spending resources that could be used elsewhere employing Behaviour Management Personnel in schools.

Children today are exposed to sex and sexual content at a much younger age. If you look just at media, the shows on television contained less sexual content when I was 10 than now. I remember TGIF and those shows had messages that sex at a young age was not cool. What about the Facts of Life? All those shows had positive messages about life and promoted sexual abstence.

Now we have shows on prime time that have explicit sexual acts, just minus actually showing penetration. Could like almost be considered softcore porn? You tell me?

I often compare the difference between advertising for Canadian and American television. There is a difference. Same comericals, same content, but different actors/actresses. Canadian television has a more representive of the population than American television. It features more 'real to life' actors.

I was young when I first became sexually active. But I was the rarity as compared to my friends. However, I wasn't dumb about it either (if you can call having sex at a young age, not being dumb) protect was used, std's were discussed.

There has also been a decline in parenting skills. Either due to broken homes, surrounding communities, etc. (now don't jump on me, I am a single parent and think that I am doing a good job raising my son). And believe me, I am the last person to jump on the conservative right-wing bandwagon and promote 'family values'.

I think that there is a break down in society and each parent has a responsiblity to communicate, discuss and filter content and experiences that their child is exposed to.

people have been screwing forever nothing new about it..

And then there are the young ones that have oral sex & anal sex, and as long as they don't have intercourse they are still virgins. But are they pure?

Ron

i dont think its an age thing because i get hit on by gross old men all the time.

in this day and age human connections are becoming a thing of the past for young people, and it's being replaced by fake meaningless "friendships" with hundreds of people online which fail to fill that human need for emotional intimacy.

sex is the easiest way of getting attention to accumulate those fake online friends in a vain effort to fill that void, and it's also the easiest way to get attention from the opposite sex... and some people mistake sexual relationship for intimacy.

Emotional intimacy is not a human need...a human need is food, water, and shelter. Humans can survive just fine without intimacy.

i know when I was 25 I was all about sex too. Its the hormones

It's a sign of age when you start complaining about the morals of the younger generation

they are no different from the way we were

the protests against Viet Nam? those were just an excuse to go out and try to pick up college chicks

it's on the list. it's just way up there

it's that damn MTV i tell ya!

F@CKING EXACTLY!

Humans cannot survive without food, water, and shelter...they can survive without other people.

I second that.

Speak for yourselves!!!

that's why me and fear get along so well, we think alike....

Okay, for arguments sake. Explain to me how in one way or the other intimacy provides a survival element to humanity? Beit emotional or physical, how does it provide for mankind? What does it provide?

Instant gratification, supplemental at best.

according to psychological perspectives, you are incorrect.

I'm sure you're going to piss off a lot of people on mingle for calling their online friendships "meaningless"

I think lots of people thrive on instant gratification....