you guys are so lucky
you have thanksgiving...halloween..all these celebrations.
Over here we are told that the only official celebrations are ..Labour weekends..Waitangi weekends..Easter weekend and Christmas.
All others ..we just try and go with the flow..I celebrate halloween due to my freinds in America who tole me it was a fun thing to do and have been doing so for 5 years...oh and plus i love the scary shit I have freinds over there who send me recipes for pumpkin pies for thanksgiving.
My bestfriend lives in Florida Keys..he rings me time something extraordinaire happens. its awesome..!!

...cant say we celebrate many things here in Norway either....everything "we" celebrate has to do with that fucking Christ....I hate him!

yep good ole crazy ralph

actually..you bring upa good point there
ralph..
kids nowdays can grasp the concept of any new game bought out today..whether is be ps..
nintendo or xbox..some are even fuckin computer wizzes..n shit em still finding myself around txt messaging..but
try and get them interested in something educational now and its like a huge blank stare.
Xmas has lost its meaning ..its all about how much the $$s the corporates can suck out the parents by attracting the childrens eyes.
Sad..very sad.

when I worked at a restaurant I used to get so pissed off at kids. They would come in and look at me like it took too much effort to stand up straight. Then they would try to order and all of the words would come out all jumbled like it took to much effort to speak. They were too fucking lazy to speak like a normal human being. Seriously, like it would take them about five minutes to get the entire sentence out. What is wrong with kids today? If I acted like that in public when I was a kid my mom would have backhanded me!

Because parents are scared of their kids now.
Because as they grew up,they didn't discipline.I can't count how many times I have seen a kid (age 4,5,6 and up)screaming at their parents-telling them to 'shut-up' and 'I hate you'.
My kid would be outta there so fast if that ever happened,I don't and won't tolerate disrespect.And if your kid comes over to my house-they play by MY house rules.(and the funny thing is,I am always the parent that the kids WANT to watch them.)
I have alot of fun with my kids,and discipline is very rare nowadays.But I truly pity people that don't understand that they are giving their children a ticket for apathy as adults.
Me and my husband never did and never will allow our kids to rule the house.

'applaud novak'

be damned too if some govt official or some damned do righteous prick tells me how to raise or discipline my girls.
And my rules apply..same as yours..but i have no problem with the kids that come to my house..e.ven though i have heard how they speak to thier parents...but i too have had the 'ooh i wish you were my mum..comment'.
Circumstances may be different where you are but over here..NOT ALL..but most of the kids come from families who have no idea what priorities are.
Benefit days ..a percentage of the parents are in pubs or gambling joints...food!!hah!!
who needs to fill the cupboards up with food when for one day in the week..they can have takeaways....
And yet..we are not a poverish country..
damn ...we have state housing that look like bungalows at a weekly price of 70$ nz per week for the poor families.
We have food banks and kitchens where for 1$ you can get a 3 course meal on one given day of the week..benefits for sole mums range from 300 to 500$s a week....and yet these kids live a life of misery.