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haele

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7. These younger than tween, or were they closer to teenagers?

Fri Dec 13, 2013, 07:50 PM

Dec 2013

Tweens are lurching into typical teenage sullen cynicism a year or two earlier than they did in my day, but I chalk that up to social media and incessant advertising to be all grown up and kewl at earlier ages.
I suspect many of them have parents who would just as soon have them grow up and leave already because the tweens are no longer easy to handle and there's just not enough time to properly interact with their children between work and the stress of trying to pay bills and keep a roof over one's head. (Not to mention the incessant infantiliation of adults by media and advertising...you can be a kid forever, dude - just buy those toys, you deserve fun!)

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Seems like an unscientific study... Agschmid Dec 2013 #1

I'm shocked that pastries and family time don't excite teenagers. JaneyVee Dec 2013 #2

It's called millennials. Agschmid Dec 2013 #3

I'm guilty. JaneyVee Dec 2013 #4

Im an X'er I think... Agschmid Dec 2013 #5

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True when I was a kid... Agschmid Dec 2013 #11

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The world does change... Agschmid Dec 2013 #17

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Sure idyllic... Agschmid Dec 2013 #28

If they are addicted it is not just computers. Cartoons and games are also mind benders. I watch my jwirr Dec 2013 #6

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These younger than tween, or were they closer to teenagers? haele Dec 2013 #7

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I just don't feel that your personal observations... Agschmid Dec 2013 #13

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Oh so flamebait then? Agschmid Dec 2013 #19

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Are their parents pecking on smart phones? n/t pnwmom Dec 2013 #8

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The kids i see don't seem that way fishwax Dec 2013 #14

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My son loves to go to the coffee shop. Without me. MissB Dec 2013 #20

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It's flamebait because you keep fighting everyone like this... Agschmid Dec 2013 #23

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Nope I am a gay man who will not be having kids. Agschmid Dec 2013 #30

Yep, that is odd. MissB Dec 2013 #24

Do you know these kids' parents? greatauntoftriplets Dec 2013 #26

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What's so funny? greatauntoftriplets Dec 2013 #31

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+ 1 n/t truedelphi Dec 2013 #35

Isn't it up to the parents that the children have a life that makes them "joyous beings"? greatauntoftriplets Dec 2013 #36

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+1 Agschmid Dec 2013 #46

When we moved from bedroom community of affluent Marin Calif., truedelphi Dec 2013 #33

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Also this... Agschmid Dec 2013 #41

There is a large football/soccer/softball complex right up the road from me Fumesucker Dec 2013 #43

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I wish I would have played organized sports it would have taught me... Agschmid Dec 2013 #45

The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect LeftyMom Dec 2013 #38

It wasn't me, thankfully. GreenEyedLefty Dec 2013 #39

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Oh BTW... Agschmid Dec 2013 #47