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Originally Posted by NoTargeT
Hehehe, well having read your other thread I see where you're coming from. And I agree things like mass communication and the internet aren't making things easier on parents. Both the good things and the bad things are so much more within reach of everyone now. And I'm not sure seeing all crap going on in the world and the net is doing myself any good either. Makes me wonder how civilized we are...
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There is one component that we are very comfortably omitting in our insistance that children's behavior is a result of parents, TV, internet, schools, peers, drugs, etc. etc. etc......
What about the kids themselves? I mean, if two kids live in the same house with the same parents and go to the same schools on the same planet, even to the point where they EAT the SAME FOOD EVERY DAY, then why would one go completely off the chart bonkers, and the other be planning which college he would attend while he's in 5th grade?
IMHO, these personal discrepencies have always existed: Wally was fundamentally different than The Beaver. But the Depth and Breath of ways The Beaver could become entangled with poor decisions have increased exponentially since 1950.
Guarding against all the variables is a challenge that 1950's parents never imagined: Hell, 1990's parents never imagined!!! How many girls were "Cutters" in 1980? Who was on MySpace in 1994?