7/22

For months now, I have seen children come and go here. And I keep seeing the same behavior. I want my comrades' input.

The kids come here. The say hello. We welcome them. Right off the bat, as soon as they discover no one is paying attention to them, they stammer and pout like four-year-olds.

Two suppositions:

1. These children are spoiled fucking rotten. Since birth, their parents have bent over backwards for them. They are used to getting their way, immediately. When they don't, they cry about it, and then the parents give in.

2. These children are utterly ignored at home. While the family structure is ostensibly sound, it is deeply flawed. The children want nothing more than to be heard. And, like the previous group (but in a different manner), when they don't get what they want, they cry.

And I believe the problem is all the more pervasive BECAUSE such bahvior is being exhibited in cyberspace. One would suspect that teenagers are smart, perceptive and savvy enough to understand the imprecise and intermittent communication of the Internet.

So, it all comes down to children coming here, demanding respect that they haven't earned and do not deserve.

Maybe I'm crazy. But when I was a kid, I knew where I stood. I was a KID. I didn't know my asshole from my eyeball, and everyone except me knew that. So I grew, learned, worked, acted humbly. When did the change come that children believe everything should be GIVEN to them?