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MJ
Lv 6
MJ asked in Family & RelationshipsFamily · 1 decade ago

What ever happened to the days when...?

kids actually had to live with dissappointment. When they had to actually go in search of a friend using their feet or bike. When they actually feared the wrath of God and parents?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    My kids DO. I'm the meanest mom around, didn't you know? I sure wish there were more mean moms...

    We had the meanest mother in the whole world!

    While other kids ate candy for breakfast, we had to have cereal, eggs, and toast. When others had a Pepsi and a Twinkie for lunch, we had to eat sandwiches. And you can guess our mother fixed us a dinner that was different from what other kids had, too.

    Mother insisted on knowing where we were at all times.

    You'd think we were convicts in a prison. She had to know who our friends were, and what we were doing with them. She insisted that if we said we would be gone for an hour, we would be gone for an hour or less. We were ashamed to admit it, but she had the nerve to break the Child Labor Laws by making us work.

    We had to wash the dishes, make the beds, learn to cook, vacuum the floor, do laundry, and all sorts of cruel jobs. I think she would lie awake at night thinking of more things for us to do.

    She always insisted on us telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

    By the time we were teenagers, she could read our minds. Then, life was really tough! Mother wouldn't let our friends just honk the horn when they drove up. They had to come up to the door so she could meet them while everyone else could date when they were 12 or 13, we had to wait until we were 16.

    Because of our mother we missed out on lots of things other kids experienced.

    None of us have ever been caught shoplifting, vandalizing other's property, or ever arrested for any crime. It was all her fault.

    Now that we have left home, we are all God-fearing, educated, honest adults. We are doing our best to be mean parents just like Mom was. I think that's what's wrong with the world today.

    It just doesn't have enough mean moms anymore.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    The liberals ended those days so the kids could spit in their parents faces ,curse GOD burn the flag and run around having sex like dogs at any age.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    today most kids want thiks handed to them on a silver platter .they are getting lazy .there are still kids that still do it with their feet and bike

  • 1 decade ago

    those day were asleep waiting for us to realized that there's more to life other than what we took for granted. cars cellphone, allowances, etc.

    until we have the guts to move and make a difference, stood up for our opinion, then those days will always be asleep...

    Take care!

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  • Amy K
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    They are long gone, I am afraid

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