tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569538505653694942.post8730748234656074905..comments2023-06-28T09:32:25.325+01:00Comments on Dreams and Reality: Different shoesJuniperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10930937754917509956noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569538505653694942.post-46383567336319958402012-02-02T01:41:35.943+00:002012-02-02T01:41:35.943+00:00Wellllllll....you're talkin' to a woman wh...Wellllllll....you're talkin' to a woman who's made her passion kiddos in that adolescent group for 35 years.<br />They don't frighten me. They're my joy.<br /><br />Yes, I know this is scary in and of itself.<br /><br />And yes, I realize the older I get the more I know I don't know squat. <br />It's GREAT!Melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14408403855260279799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569538505653694942.post-34212243250047014722012-01-30T19:33:12.387+00:002012-01-30T19:33:12.387+00:00Now don't laugh but being a mother/grandma, I ...Now don't laugh but being a mother/grandma, I can honestly say, I knew everything as a teen, ha ha....! <br /> Then I matured into (please! don't laugh) the woman I swore (most of my childhood) I'd never be, my mother. Even close friends who never had children feel this way as well. <br /><br /> ...and for survival purposes, I think many "inbuilt prejudices" guide our common sense......<br /><br /> Funny how each generation has declared, their youth was the worst generation...!21 Witshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00071361755673253230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569538505653694942.post-47530210623905128492012-01-30T13:50:41.518+00:002012-01-30T13:50:41.518+00:00I think if you have children yourself you meet a l...I think if you have children yourself you meet a lot of the weird ones around your kitchen table so they become 'just kids'. And you see what good people so many of them are. And now that mine have grown I still carry that with me. <br /><br />But that only covers one group of people and I know I'm wary of a whole load more with no real reason............Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01944155516559194389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569538505653694942.post-16987473619967834362012-01-30T10:53:23.396+00:002012-01-30T10:53:23.396+00:00Hmmm...I was a rock chic when I was in my teens (h...Hmmm...I was a rock chic when I was in my teens (ha, in my teens...still am!) and I was one of those kids who wore a lot of black and looked a bit odd (I had dreads with coloured wool woven through my hair...my gran was horrified!). People definately made judgements about the type of person I was! I would never have done anything to harm anyone and neither would any of my friends. I remember helping a woman with a pram onto a bus and being surprised that she was surprised that I offered to help. I guess its just that unknown element isn't it...mind you, I do feel uneasy when I can't see someones face. I think you can tell a lot from someones facial expression and that tells you whether you should be wary or not...so yeah, not a fan of hoodies.<br /><br />C xCarolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12327016337976942530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569538505653694942.post-48295579202844084522012-01-29T22:23:00.011+00:002012-01-29T22:23:00.011+00:00Hi Alexia, thanks for your comments :-) You're...Hi Alexia, thanks for your comments :-) You're right that the world kids live in now is very different to xxx years ago (insert as appropriate haha).<br /><br />I think a lot of public attitudes towards kids, and the fear of them, come from ignorance, and I'm counting myself in that - but I'm trying to un-ignorant myself a bit! I wonder what difference it makes that I don't have children myself, presumably people who do can't help comparing with their own children? as well as the old "in my day" thing.<br /><br />J.Juniperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10930937754917509956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569538505653694942.post-6522474750526271412012-01-29T20:34:30.337+00:002012-01-29T20:34:30.337+00:00P.S. The book sounds worth reading. I'll look ...P.S. The book sounds worth reading. I'll look out for it.Alexiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405656530899442354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569538505653694942.post-73256785930691673392012-01-29T20:33:51.312+00:002012-01-29T20:33:51.312+00:00As someone who teaches kids aged 15 to 18, I am pr...As someone who teaches kids aged 15 to 18, I am pretty positive about them and their values. There <i>are</i> horrible kids, who do things which shock and scare me, but most of the ones I know are good people. Sure, they do things differently from the way I did, but they have a completely different world to deal with.<br />I have 2 more things to say, though:<br />1. From what I read/hear about British youth, the problems are greater there than they are in this country (NZ). Mr A is English and visits every few years - last year he came back with very depressing attitudes about the lives of some Brits, and stating that that will be his last visit. But he's said that before :)<br />2. I'm glad my own kids are grown up....Alexiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405656530899442354noreply@blogger.com