In what ways are today's youngins different than when you were young?

What has not changed?

Well in my short years, things are different because more people are afraid of disciplining their kids and being accused of abuse. I guess they are the same because I grew up with kids walking around with their pants around their ankles and just a generally disrespectful attitude.

They still taste delicious if fried well(W.C. Fields).....And they don't run as fast as they used to.......(Me)

We were afraid of our parents finding out if we did something wrong...not that we would get in big trouble but that Mom would say she was disappointed in us for doing it. Today the kids tell mom's "shut up mom...it's not like it was really bad"

How are they the same?

Kids still try to push the envelope on curfews.

todays kids get away with waaaay too much crap.the punishment for them has gotten weak


only thing that hasn't changed has they still think with their lower regions....

It seems now-a-days kids have such a sheltered life... Parents always assume the worst... That and pretty much zero social life. Playstation, Nintendo, and the internet have taken the place of outdoor activities, and I just think that kinda life is lacking something...

the style of clothes get me. I wouldn't dare wear some of the skimpy things girls wear now. and the pants hanging down??? makes me want to go behind them and yank them up.

Also, the language. what is woot and where did it come from?

I'm showing my age

"woot" is 1 step above "Yay".i'm not sure where it came from though

they havent changed in how much they seek attention and want to be loved


they have changed in how far they will go to get it and the total lack of respect or fear of any consequences,,,

there was much less talking back, parent child 'friendships', technological disconnect, laziness, and sense of entitlement in the cultural era I grew up in

When I was young, kids wore pants with belts.Where as not to be hanging down to show your underwear. Wearing a t shirt that wasn't offencive to younger children that may see it. We didn't have all the the violent games to play on the tv, or internet that installed to be mean and violent in your brain. In no way would a 9 year old be walking around with a gun shooting people. Just to prove he was " BAD " Back then, if you disrespected your parents, you knew that the belt would be getting pulled from your dads pants. Kids were taught to respect elders, instead of looking at them as easy prey. Back then, your child would say " I love you mom/dad " instead of " Yo, Bi**h, give me some money " Baseball caps were wore to the front. Instead to the side, or towards the back. Kids back then didn't have to worry about what color of clothes, or scarves they have to wear. Just so they wouldn't be shot for wearing the WRONG color. Sheazzzz how stupid.I could go on and on . But, my coffee is getting cold

The news shows you more of them. And clothing has evolved. Though I'm not that old, I can still watch the news and shop (though I rarely do both.).

Just about everything else.

I think, which has already been mentioned here is the lack of respect and consequences...however, with that said, how much "blame" can one cast on the kids today...I feel that it stems from the foundation that we as parents lay down from the beginning...I feel that parents today have also changed...There are more kids being raised in broken homes today, not that that is an excuse for their behaviour, I just think that there are alot of variables involved here...All I know is that I wouldn't want to be a kid today!..JMO..

IMHO: I think children are basically the same... what I think is different is their access to money, and information is much greater than other generations...

I wanted and acted the same as todays "youngins'" do when I was their age, the difference is that I did not have the funds, nor all of the information....

as for lack of respect and consequences... that has not changed a bit! LOL!!!... "terrible twos", "rebellious teens"... all the same as before. In so far as broken homes, yes = there is more divorce now -- but home life was just as bad for many young people "back in the day" there was abuse and bad parenting, just not as much divorce. To think that just becuase there was not as much divorce that homes were better -- is a falicy.

$.02

Next to a great beach, with a boardwalk, fun zone area, and all the trimmings I walked past a group kids sitting on their top of the line skateboards....thumbs flying on some electronic devices I wouldn't understand; I heard the utterance, "I'm SO BORED."

I don't remember saying, hearing, or feeling this as a kid with the acception of being on restriction.

For the most part, I don't feel that the kids themselves have changed. More it's the external environment around them that has changed. There is no more playing outside from dawn to dusk with your friends...now it's sitting in a darkened room playing video games and eating junk food. No more running around the neighborhood playing hide-n-seek or whatever silly games you could think of....it's too dangerous these days to even play in your own front yard unsupervised.

As for attitudes, I do believe that kids these days are less respectful and get away with more due to restrictions being placed on coventional parenting techniques such as spanking and etc. I don't know about you but I grew up with a belt to the backside anytime I did something wrong and I damn sure never did it again! Parents can't do that these days...without someone reporting them for child abuse. I honestly think some good 'ole fashioned spankings would go a long way to straightening up some of these kids these days! Also, no/yes ma'am/sir has seemed to go by the wayside totally! That was EXPECTED in my family...and was so ingrained in my behaviour that I still do it to this day!

One area though that I do believe has changed significantly is how kids LOOK these days. OMG! I've seen some 16-19 year old girls that I would have sworn were at least 25! Rockin bodies, big boobs, big hair and makeup, skimpy clothes!!! We did NOT look like that when I was that age! (THANK GOD!!! lol) And some of these boys...could pass for pro football linebackers!!! I don't know if it's something in the water or what but holy crap! No wonder teenage sex and pregnancy is rampant these days...they are children trapped in fully adult bodies with raging hormones!

What hasn't changed? Pushing the envelope on anything and everything to see what they can get away with. Unfortunately though...they are getting away with more and more!!! *shaking head*

its the homes too,, someone else touched on it but there is substantial evidence that children in homes with both parents generally do better than children being raised without a father , or a mother, or a 'basic' support system. I say this as a single mom who raised my son with his father but who is raising my daughter alone. I will not be able to do nearly as much for my daughter alone as I was able to do for my son with a husband.IT truly was a job meant for two.

I know plenty of delightful, polite, respectful young people full of wid-eyed ideals and desire to change the world for the better....all with a stinging wit and sense of mischief that make them "kids"!

My co-worker's grand daughter is 4 years old and has a CELL PHONE with unlimited nights, weekends and texting...WHAT?

I wasn't allowed to use a phone until I was much older

thats that technological disconnect,,much fewer PERSONAL relationships or communication, too many are too plugged in to technology to TUNE in to their family, or community, let alone the world around them

we werent even to have tunes on at dinner time, now I see families out with children and teens wearing ipods, mp3s, or texting on their phones

I have seen respectful and disrespectful children. I think all we can do is try to raise our own children to respect others. Kids will be kids, but some kids are so disrespectful, There is a huge difference in disciplining your kids with a spanking on the butt and beating them!! Everyone has their own discipline techniques, some work and some don't. You have to find out what works for your kids. Usually taking something away that they love (cell phone) works rather well for me. I think it is all in how the children are raised and the enviroment around them.