Old Times

            Kenny Rogers had a song, "Life Was So Much Easier Twenty Years Ago".  To me it seems like thirty or even forty years ago.  When we think about how neighbors not only knew one another but they cared about one another. Now life is such a rush that so many homes have two working parents and not enough time for much of anything else. So kids get TVs, Video games, IPhones and anything electronic they want. It keeps them from bothering mom and dad, lets them stay in there room nice and safe. But are they?

 

            If anyone knows anything about the dangers in these handheld games please tell your sons and daughters who have kids and tell anyone you know. The worst as I know it, is a PS VITA.

             It seems innocent at first. Commercials make it cute showing a small female child playing games, ad maybe that is a certain PS Vita-there are a couple. One is just for games. But many adults don't know which is which and don't ask enough questions. PS Vita is like putting your child's life at stake as I see I, my opinion. They can reach kids -or adults-in other states, countries. No one knows who is lurking and I do mean lurking on the other side of a PS VITA. They might also come in contact with another kid who seems so very sweet, yet...

         

             In the legal system when a youth commits a crime, many times the record is expunged so how do you really know the kind of people your kids hang out with, go to the movie with, a dance with or "just talk in the privacy of their rooms."

              Yes, life was so much easier many years ago and in may ways it is now. Progress in many ways harms our children, twists their minds, entitles them because as you may have already heard, but my friend has one. Society and entitlement go hand in hand for those who won't accept personal responsibility and play the blame game. As I read somewhere, if you're not content with who you are and what you have, no matter what you have, it won't even be enough. Remember that the next time you think about kids, shopping, values and how you want them to grow.

        By the way, say hello to your next door neighbor.