Do you think that this behaviour so remarked upon now, is somehow connected with the way children have been brought up since the 1960s? They became the centres of their families and communities, increasingly cow towed to, free of discipline for bad behaviour, entitled to constant attention, praise and indulgence. In short spoilt, in a way my generation rarely were. Is it any wonder that they have emerged as young adults and students with such a sense of entitlement? They have never heard the word no in anything at all serious.
Tammly - I remember in the sixties when I was in my teens, my parents were friendly with a young couple who had twin daughters aged about four or five. The twins' parents believed that children should be free and had decided to put minimal restraints on their behaviour. For example, they never told them 'no'. My parents invited the family to our house once, but never invited them again.
DJ - to my mind there is something dangerously effete about trigger warnings. Amusing at one level but at another level there are hints of something far worse.
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The problem is you don't even need to try to provoke. Innocent speech can also get you fired and persecuted.
Sam - yes, it can be a harsh introduction to an increasingly Kafkaesque world.
Do you think that this behaviour so remarked upon now, is somehow connected with the way children have been brought up since the 1960s? They became the centres of their families and communities, increasingly cow towed to, free of discipline for bad behaviour, entitled to constant attention, praise and indulgence. In short spoilt, in a way my generation rarely were. Is it any wonder that they have emerged as young adults and students with such a sense of entitlement? They have never heard the word no in anything at all serious.
Tammly - I remember in the sixties when I was in my teens, my parents were friendly with a young couple who had twin daughters aged about four or five. The twins' parents believed that children should be free and had decided to put minimal restraints on their behaviour. For example, they never told them 'no'. My parents invited the family to our house once, but never invited them again.
We are getting to the point where even trigger warnings 'need' trigger warnings. Together with the bureaucracy to ensure such things happen.
DJ - to my mind there is something dangerously effete about trigger warnings. Amusing at one level but at another level there are hints of something far worse.
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