[Bavarian]

Not all Boomers were Hippies! Many of us were and still are Conservative, loyal to our employer and follow the rules. Do not paint a generation with a broad brush.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by dewilson58

You Go Girl!!!

UMMMM. Tennisnut isn't a she.

[Tennisnut]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

UMMMM. Tennisnut isn't a she.

You are right! He is also not a Hippie but does believe that current standards or rules sometimes needs to be questioned.

Any fool can make a rule. And any fool will mind it. (Thoreau - 1860)

[The Mountaineer]

We are the sum total of our experiences.

Those who grew up in the Great Depression, like my father and father-in-law, had a different outlook on life and the economy and a great distrust of financial systems. After the too-big-to-fail bank collape that nearly toppled America, maybe they were right.

As pointed out, those who grew up in the 60s and 70s were more about repairing what was wrong in the world.

You don't need to know how old someone is when you hear how they think. It's reflected in their opinions and values.

If we all the same cookie-cutter mentality, it would be boring. It's those who rock the boat, not just for fun but to improve things, who have made most of the improvements in society.

Different generations will always have different outlooks on life and everything else, because they have different sum total of their experiences.

[NYGUY]

Originally Posted by Tennisnut

....Any fool can make a rule. And any fool will mind it. (Thoreau - 1860)

So True!!

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by NYGUY

So True!!

ahhhhhhh now I know who thinks stop signs are just suggestions...

[NYGUY]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

ahhhhhhh now I know who thinks stop signs are just suggestions...

LOL....Thanks Gracie!!

[dillywho]

Originally Posted by The Mountaineer

We are the sum total of our experiences.

Those who grew up in the Great Depression, like my father and father-in-law, had a different outlook on life and the economy and a great distrust of financial systems. After the too-big-to-fail bank collape that nearly toppled America, maybe they were right.

As pointed out, those who grew up in the 60s and 70s were more about repairing what was wrong in the world.

You don't need to know how old someone is when you hear how they think. It's reflected in their opinions and values.

If we all the same cookie-cutter mentality, it would be boring. It's those who rock the boat, not just for fun but to improve things, who have made most of the improvements in society.

Different generations will always have different outlooks on life and everything else, because they have different sum total of their experiences.

True about "those who rock the boat.....who have made most of the improvements in society." Unfortunately, not all those changes have been "improvements". But, then, that is just my opinion. Dr. Spock and his child-rearing advice comes to the forefront of my mind. Never have we had such a rude, self-centered generation with much of it due in a great part to his philosophies. Like I said, my opinion. Thank goodness not all parents signed on to his ideas.

[Tennisnut]

Originally Posted by dillywho

True about "those who rock the boat.....who have made most of the improvements in society." Unfortunately, not all those changes have been "improvements". But, then, that is just my opinion. Dr. Spock and his child-rearing advice comes to the forefront of my mind. Never have we had such a rude, self-centered generation with much of it due in a great part to his philosophies. Like I said, my opinion. Thank goodness not all parents signed on to his ideas.

Don't think Adrian Peterson read Dr Spock's book!

[dewilson58]

What's with this lady's attitude????

Florida woman flies plane on 90th birthday

[dewilson58]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

UMMMM. Tennisnut isn't a she.

It's a saying, nothing to do with sex.

[tomwed]

I don't know or maybe I forgot what Dr. Spock's philosophy was with child rearing. I'll look into that today in between golf and a photography club meeting. I'm curious.

"Spock changed all that with his encouragement for parents to follow their instincts, be attentive to the baby's needs, and be generous with affection." - See more at: Dr. Benjamin Spock: Child Care and Controversy | Legacy.com

Wow!
I always felt sorry for my friends that were afraid of their parents. When my parents could not take care of themselves y brother sister and I hired round the clock health care providers to live with them. We did this for years and told them SS paid for all that. They didn't have much because they always helped us out. We always visited and talked on the phone when we could not be there. I miss them.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by tomwed

Rules:

I spent most of my life in company of boomer teachers. I have often said and heard many say "It is easier to ask forgiveness then it is to ask for permission".

You can learn a lot by taking chances and making mistakes. I've passed that on to my kids along with being curious and questioning everything.

I don't know or maybe I forgot what Dr. Spock's philosophy was with child rearing. I'll look into that today in between golf and a photography club meeting. I'm curious.

Well, I suppose your philosophy has merit, but my kids heard if you break the rules, I will NOT bail you out. AND I didn't just mean jail. I think there are loads of challenges and accomplishments to be won inside the rules. I think on this, I am just as right as you are. In a sense I parented a good deal of the time alone as Sweetie often was flying all around somewhere working.

I don't remember what Spock had to say about discipline but his book was a good go to book on Children's Disease. Except it worried me to death. Everything I read in that book, I knew they were getting at three in the morning.

[TheVillageChicken]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

Well, I suppose your philosophy has merit, but my kids heard if you break the rules, I will NOT bail you out. AND I didn't just mean jail. I think there are loads of challenges and accomplishments to be won inside the rules. I think on this, I am just as right as you are. In a sense I parented a good deal of the time alone as Sweetie often was flying all around somewhere working.

I don't remember what Spock had to say about discipline but his book was a good go to book on Children's Disease. Except it worried me to death. Everything I read in that book, I knew they were getting at three in the morning.

That was our approach too, and we have wildly successful children. They are both still married to the same partner after over twenty years, have super kids, and are both very prosperous. I am pre-boomer but my sister is a boomer. Sis coddled and spoiled their kids who are both divorced and both still on Mama's tit in their forties. She is doing the same thing to the grandkids who all have to split time between their parents. When I was in high school, I only knew one kid whose parents divorced....and they eventually remarried one another.

[Bruiser1]

Originally Posted by The Mountaineer

We are the sum total of our experiences.

Those who grew up in the Great Depression, like my father and father-in-law, had a different outlook on life and the economy and a great distrust of financial systems. After the too-big-to-fail bank collape that nearly toppled America, maybe they were right.

As pointed out, those who grew up in the 60s and 70s were more about repairing what was wrong in the world.

You don't need to know how old someone is when you hear how they think. It's reflected in their opinions and values.

If we all the same cookie-cutter mentality, it would be boring. It's those who rock the boat, not just for fun but to improve things, who have made most of the improvements in society.

Different generations will always have different outlooks on life and everything else, because they have different sum total of their experiences.

Also different life experiences :

My family (other than me) have lived in the same small town or within the same county their entire lives.


Meanwhile college-then drafted and in a foreign country then back to college
have given me incredible life experiences.

Some have said it was a difficult transition to The Villages. "It's not like back home". I have heard others saying the Villages is "like a air force base" meaning it's the blending of cultures, different state attitudes, diversity of population.