Could it be that people have always thought that the “youth of today” are different than each of us was as a child?
“The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.
- Socrates (470 – 399 BC)
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John, it goes to show everyone that nothing has changed re: children. In fact, it’s a kind of a delight to know that sort of behaviour has been a constant throughout human history.
True. It’s also interesting to note that apparantly our perceptions change in a predictable manner as we get older. Too bad Socrates didn’t have the benefit of reading the same comment 2,000 years earlier or perhaps he’d have told us all exactly what that means. ;-)
Take care,
John
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