• Felixthecat34213
    • 4 years 9 months ago
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    		 How do you know this OP? Have you ever talked to any of he kids of this decade?
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    • mclovin101
      • 3 years 11 months ago
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      		 This generation is perfectly fine. Yeah so we have the computer. It was a matter of time and it's just part of a progressing world. Of course a past generation will see something wrong about this. No generation of kids has had the computer as a part of their lives like the ones today. Every generation has something bad to say about the generation below them. Its a chain reaction and a way of life.
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      • lorax
        • 3 years 11 months ago
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        mclovin101 wrote:
        This generation is perfectly fine. Yeah so we have the computer. It was a matter of time and it's just part of a progressing world. Of course a past generation will see something wrong about this. No generation of kids has had the computer as a part of their lives like the ones today. Every generation has something bad to say about the generation below them. Its a chain reaction and a way of life.


        Here's the thing, we all already know every generation has something horrible to say about the generation below them. But most of us also already know that every generation has things about their own that wasn't so great, either. This new generation, '90s-'00s babies, they're just now becoming aware of what it means to be in their generation. All they hear about is the negative stuff from older generations, so they get defensive...it also doesn't help that they're all teenagers and think they're smarter and better than those before them (that's how all teenagers of any generation are...no worries)
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        • mclovin101
          • 3 years 11 months ago
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          lorax wrote:
          mclovin101 wrote:
          This generation is perfectly fine. Yeah so we have the computer. It was a matter of time and it's just part of a progressing world. Of course a past generation will see something wrong about this. No generation of kids has had the computer as a part of their lives like the ones today. Every generation has something bad to say about the generation below them. Its a chain reaction and a way of life.


          Here's the thing, we all already know every generation has something horrible to say about the generation below them. But most of us also already know that every generation has things about their own that wasn't so great, either. This new generation, '90s-'00s babies, they're just now becoming aware of what it means to be in their generation. All they hear about is the negative stuff from older generations, so they get defensive...it also doesn't help that they're all teenagers and think they're smarter and better than those before them (that's how all teenagers of any generation are...no worries)


          So then whats the problem here with this present generation?
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          • Echidna64
            • 3 years 11 months ago
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            		 Obesity!
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            • mclovin101
              • 3 years 11 months ago
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              		 Every generation is going to have fat kids in it.
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              • Dyzfunk7ional
                • 3 years 11 months ago
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                mclovin101 wrote:
                Every generation is going to have fat kids in it.


                Sure but nowadays is more common. Even bathroom companies/industries are making their products bigger and stronger for this and next generation. Thats a fact.
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                • Mezase Master
                  • 3 years 11 months ago
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                  		 Adding "Thats <sic> a fact" to the end of your sentence doesn't necessarily make it a fact, you know.
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                  • Dyzfunk7ional
                    • 3 years 11 months ago
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                    		 Not necessarily but it is. It was on a documental on tv... think it was modern marvels in wich the narrator did a comment on this.
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                    • bassman21
                      • 3 years 11 months ago
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                      		 I say bullshit. I don't see where kids are any bigger today than when I was a kid.

                      If a classroom of 30 has 4 fat kids instead of 2 like before so what? Even if it is 6 or 7 it isn't an epidemic.

                      This childhood obesity is blown out of proportion. If you look at the number the increase is nominal. There are factors such as genetics and home life at play. For example if one parent is obese there is 50% chance the child will be. If both parents are, there is an 80% chance.

                      Studies have shown that Black and Hispanic children are about 22% more likely to be obese than other ethnic groups. Interesting enough the population of both has increase dramatically. I also have a feeling that these ethnic groups may have been left out of earlier studies.

                      We should be looking at the over weight adults........not the children.
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                      • Dyzfunk7ional
                        • 3 years 11 months ago
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                        		 ^ Well call it what you want but it has increase significantly in recent years. Sure many things should be looked first in to adults but in consequence children most likely will suffer also.

                        The instances of childhood obesity in US have risen 3 times in the last 30 years.
                        In the the year 1980, nearly 6.5% children aged 6 - 11 years were obese. For 2008, percentage of children obese were 19.8%.
                        In adolescents, (aged 12 - 19), the obesity statistics jumped from 5.0% (1980) to 18.1% 2008.

                        http://www.buzzle.com/articles/childhood-obesity-statistics.html

                        http://www.emporiagazette.com/news/2010/jan/19/childhood_obesity_america/

                        http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/obesity/

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                        • iHateYourMoustache
                          • 3 years 11 months ago
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                          		 There's nothing really wrong with the youth of today, the real problem is the parents, and how they're raising them.

                          Kids are a product of their environment. The lifestyle of their parents/household has the biggest impact on them. There are more broken homes/deadbeat fathers in this generation than in any previous generation, and it keeps going downhill.

                          So it's not really a generation thing from the standpoint of the kids, it's moreso this generation of parents and parenting, or lack thereof, which is where any "problems" or whatever come from.
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                          • bassman21
                            • 3 years 11 months ago
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                            Dyzfunk7ional wrote:
                            ^ Well call it what you want but it has increase significantly in recent years. Sure many things should be looked first in to adults but in consequence children most likely will suffer also.

                            The instances of childhood obesity in US have risen 3 times in the last 30 years.
                            In the the year 1980, nearly 6.5% children aged 6 - 11 years were obese. For 2008, percentage of children obese were 19.8%.
                            In adolescents, (aged 12 - 19), the obesity statistics jumped from 5.0% (1980) to 18.1% 2008.

                            http://www.buzzle.com/articles/childhood-obesity-statistics.html

                            http://www.emporiagazette.com/news/2010/jan/19/childhood_obesity_america/

                            http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/obesity/



                            I question those stats. I think what is defined as obesity today is what doctors thought was a healthy weight in 1980. Hell where I lived every kid my age was bigger than me :(
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                            • piercedsphynx
                              • 3 years 11 months ago
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                              		 Again, at any rate, you have to look at the parents. If you have fat ass parents, more than likely you're going to have fat ass kids. Yes, there are things that make today's society worse for children, like cutting edge technology eliminating the need for things we enjoyed as kids (like having an imagination, playing outside more) but they are also the things that make this generation good too.

                              Do I feel depressed and hate the world enough to slit my wrists because of it or think the world is going to hell or think it's an epidemic or even a pandemic? Hardly, but it would be nice if we could find some way to help the younger generation understand where we come from so we don't seem so crazy. They will though, in time, because it's every parent's dream for their kids to appreciate the things they did, and every child's dream to rebel against the parents because it's not cool to like what they do.

                              Today's society is really not that bad for kids. We just think it is because it's not like it was when we were growing up. But who says things were that great when we were growing up? We think it is because that's all we know, and the feeling of nostalgia is what we like, because it's something familiar, not necessarily because our childhoods couldn't have been any better than what they were.

                              It's human nature to want to fit in or to want other people to like what you do. That's what this is really about and why the conversation was brought up in the first place. Because of one person's opinion that things aren't as good now as what they used to be.
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                              • areyouakegger
                                • 3 years 11 months ago
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                                		 Today's British youth is actually rather disturbing. Just about every girl I've seen looks like a slag. The boys are no better. There's a kid who lived on my street; at age 13 he was drinking, smoking and having sex with his girlfriend. His mum used to get him the cigarettes and alcohol. He now lives with his dad because his mum openly admitted that she couldn't handle him.

                                I recently spent a week in the US and the cultural differences between British and American teenagers was vast. I think I've made it fairly obvious what I think of British youth and how it needs to drastically change. Thank fuck I'm off to America next year.
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                                • bassman21
                                  • 3 years 11 months ago
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                                  areyouakegger wrote:
                                  Today's British youth is actually rather disturbing. Just about every girl I've seen looks like a slag. The boys are no better. There's a kid who lived on my street; at age 13 he was drinking, smoking and having sex with his girlfriend. His mum used to get him the cigarettes and alcohol. He now lives with his dad because his mum openly admitted that she couldn't handle him.

                                  I recently spent a week in the US and the cultural differences between British and American teenagers was vast. I think I've made it fairly obvious what I think of British youth and how it needs to drastically change. Thank fuck I'm off to America next year.


                                  In the 80s British schools were still rather strict where as our schools became more lax. Your schools are becoming more permissive like the USA have been and our school are becoming more like China and Japan. All the school in the Houston school district in Texas have uniforms. Most schools don't even allow shorts anymore. While Paddling has been banned in most districts the rules overall are much stricter than when I was in school. The youths in the U.K. will get out of control and then the schools will start cracking down on discipline again. Part of the problem is when corporal punishment is taken away many educators don't know what else to do.
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                                  • Dyzfunk7ional
                                    • 3 years 11 months ago
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                                    bassman21 wrote:
                                    Dyzfunk7ional wrote:
                                    ^ Well call it what you want but it has increase significantly in recent years. Sure many things should be looked first in to adults but in consequence children most likely will suffer also.

                                    The instances of childhood obesity in US have risen 3 times in the last 30 years.
                                    In the the year 1980, nearly 6.5% children aged 6 - 11 years were obese. For 2008, percentage of children obese were 19.8%.
                                    In adolescents, (aged 12 - 19), the obesity statistics jumped from 5.0% (1980) to 18.1% 2008.

                                    http://www.buzzle.com/articles/childhood-obesity-statistics.html

                                    http://www.emporiagazette.com/news/2010/jan/19/childhood_obesity_america/

                                    http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/obesity/



                                    I question those stats. I think what is defined as obesity today is what doctors thought was a healthy weight in 1980. Hell where I lived every kid my age was bigger than me :(


                                    You have a point but how can we question stats made by seemingly profesionals or at least people who knows more on the subject than both of us. Those are quite solid.

                                    As far as medical knowledge in obesity nowadays is not much of a difference back in the 80's. If adult/childhood obesity wasn't increasing there will be no much of a fuzz from the doctors and media... sure sometiems they can get out of proportion but only a rise of 15% in a population we're talking about 9 millions or so people... thats a lot.
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                                    • mclovin101
                                      • 3 years 11 months ago
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                                      Dyzfunk7ional wrote:
                                      mclovin101 wrote:
                                      Every generation is going to have fat kids in it.


                                      Sure but nowadays is more common. Even bathroom companies/industries are making their products bigger and stronger for this and next generation. Thats a fact.


                                      Nowadays is not more common. I dont care what "facts" are used. I highly doubt this fact is true as well.
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                                      • ActionBastard
                                        • 3 years 11 months ago
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                                        		 what's the matter with kids today?[uhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVVRb8L0Ur8rl]
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                                        • Riphard
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