Parents don't talk to their kids they patronize them, so that's how kids learn to behave. Nobody will say anything negative to their kids any more because they don't want to hurt their self esteem. They act like everything they say is funny, cute, a great observation, so that what kids expect. In about 25 years the whole world is going to speak like Laurence Holmes because of it. Telling boring mundane stories about everyday occurrences that the world should be fascinated by. All just MO.

it's the fundamental exhibitionism of "social media" (a redundant term if i ever heard one. and btw i love that the oldschool media has declared anything that gets popular outside of its proper channels/mechanisms as "viral", cuz you know, something becoming pop culture without a proper media gatekeeper there to let it out is clearly a virus that's destroying the very fabric of our society!!!!!!)

ahem. tangents...my bad. but yeah it's the fundamental exhibitionism inherent to social media. "all the world's a stage" has never been truer than now, as parents having to work more and more hours/jobs = less stay-at-home moms/dads and more TVs/internets raising kids and therefore everyone has been compelled to go out there and open up their veritable trenchcoat and show the world their junk, and part of the whole #YOLO #SWAG thing is that these little shits are getting fed all this post-PC/feminist/SJW/participation-trophy crap where it's like HEY YOU YES YOU YOU'RE A SPECIAL SNOWFLAKE SO YOU NEED TO GET A FACEBOOK AND A TWITTER AND TELL US ALL ABOUT HOW AWESOME YOU ARE!!!! COMEON IT'S 2013 YOU'LL BE A WEIRDO IF YOU'RE THE ONE KID WITHOUT A CONSTANTLY-UPDATED FACEBOOK WITH TONS OF PICTURES AND LIKES!!!!!

so basically nowadays kids have been turned into exhibitionists so they're more prone to act out/the-fool and justify any dumbass behaviour with #YOLO/#SWAG!!!!! as part of the great societal conditioning program that is facebook is getting people to voluntarily give up any and all privacy by putting their entire life on the internet so should TPTB ever need to get a quick dossier on people BLAM go to their facebook get admin axs to see the geolocation stamps originating from what IP address and then you know everything about someone without having to do any research.......

so yeah, as the middle class slowly but surely fades out of existence and we end up living in a world where a few people own everything and the rest are permitted to live in some residental zones with cheap beer/weed to keep them stoned/drunk and oblivious to things like, example, you don't own any land or have a pension.... but hey at least you've got an iphone7 with 50gb storage and tons of cool mp3s which are great to play when you're hanging out with your buddies watching wrestlemania while drinking a 12er of some import beer!

and uhhh, you gotta start programming these kids early.... so getting them buying into the "social media" exhibitionism scene is part and parcel to getting them to be good citizens with nothing to hide because, literally, it's all out there in public cuz they gotta show the world their #SWAG cuz #YOLO.

and for what little it's worth, working in the kids dept of a library from 97-04 i can tell you that i watched a 1/2 generation of kids get progressively dumber/more-hyper/etc..... so whether the ADHD/aspergers revolution was brought about by some growth hormones in our food / flouride in our water, or whether it's just the last vestiges of the hunter-gatherer mentality of humanity fading away as we all become sedentary consumers.... yeah i can tell you that kids are getting worse and that's prolly because there's no more time for mom and dad to install "traditional family values" cuz the tv/interent is raising the kids while mom and dad both work 2+ jobs just in order to have a house/condo... it aint like it was from the new/square deal until the early 80s where the general social contract was "graduate highschool, keep your nose clean, and work hard and you can have a piece of the american dream" --- now it's like "fuck you, we don't owe you anything. you better go to a good college and pray to whatever god you believe in, cuz if you dont want this shitty part time job that doesnt provide a living wage well hey there's 50 other people who will gladly take it so fuck off cuz we don't owe you anything"

yeah, so the change in the social contract taking away a lot of traditional parenting/values combined with the state of today's digital exhibitionist culture added to the endgame of the PC/feminist/SJW/you're-a-special-snowflake movements = all these kids think they're awesome and the world needs to know it so they clap their hands and show it. and they're getting dumber and dumber and smellier and smellier... trust me on that one.

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What is considered negative and something that may hurt a kid's self esteem?

Thread fail, I thought Cairo was back.

Jesus Christ, put it to fucking bed already.

People don't tell their kids they are wrong and most don't have true or effective consequences for bad behavior. It's all use your words so I can make it better. Are your kids doing that emotional class at school? It's stupid.

Seriously? An emotional class?

That's a new one.

Sure Don whatever you say

Alright .... what do you gain from still making comments about it? Because unless you're pandering to the idiots of the board, I can't fathom what the point exactly is.

Sure Don whatever you say

Seriously? An emotional class?

That's a new one.

Alright .... what do you gain from still making comments about it? Because unless you're pandering to the idiots of the board, I can't fathom what the point exactly is.

Look at Don making a big deal about a simple joke and turning it into much more than it needs to be!

Keep fighting important battles like this.

Keep inserting yourself into conversations not involving you.

Just pandering to the idiots of the board.

Just pandering to the idiots of the board.

Seriously? An emotional class?

That's a new one.

SEL, Social Emotional Learning, my friend. A special teacher comes in and discusses difficult emotions. Think of a time when you were sad, angry, etc. How did you deal with it? What are some ways to cope, here are some books. Okay kids don't hurt anybody. Everybody is happy all the time.

One of the grandfathers took one look at the paper and said What the fuck is this liberal crackpot bullshit? You guys really have no choice for your kids it's either these guys brainwashing your kids or the Catholics.

SEL, Social Emotional Learning, my friend. A special teacher comes in and discusses difficult emotions. Think of a time when you were sad, angry, etc. How did you deal with it? What are some ways to cope, here are some books. Okay kids don't hurt anybody. Everybody is happy all the time.

One of the grandfathers took one look at the paper and said What the fuck is this liberal crackpot bullshit? You guys really have no choice for your kids it's either these guys brainwashing your kids or the Catholics.