Comments on: Child Behaviour http://strangestories.info/character/child-behaviour/ Latest Strange News Stories from All Over the Globe Sun, 13 Dec 2009 07:20:56 +0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Ginger http://strangestories.info/character/child-behaviour/comment-page-1/#comment-186 Ginger Sat, 16 May 2009 09:57:00 +0000 http://strangestories.info/?p=321#comment-186 What in the world are you talking about? Baby boomers did things "as a family" when they were growing up? Oh sure, the generation that was sent to Viet Nam, had distant relationships with their fathers and sometimes didn't talk all that much to their mothers, either, and felt the effects of the tumult of the 60s full force were being formed by their families! That's so plausible. Keep in mind also, this was the generation where millions of ordinary kids put themselves through college. It was possible to get a job that could cover the tuition and the rent. It was possible to go to California, Colorado, or New York without being rich first or having your parents set up a trust fund. Kids then were far more independent of their families, in part because they had the means to strike out on their own at a relatively early age. Back then, almost no one talked to Mom and Dad about sexuality, and no one moved back home after college. Now, that is becoming the norm. But the worst part is the claim there were no predators "back then." There were plenty of predators, and they were trusted. The children were scared of being punished and too distant from their parents to confide in them. How many people who are in their 50s today have come forward to tell their story of childhood sexual abuse? Don't you ever read the papers any more? All of this was hushed up back then, which proves children were not particularly close to their families. It is outrageous to put out a statement like that -- it belittles the suffering of the victims. What in the world are you talking about? Baby boomers did things “as a family” when they were growing up? Oh sure, the generation that was sent to Viet Nam, had distant relationships with their fathers and sometimes didn’t talk all that much to their mothers, either, and felt the effects of the tumult of the 60s full force were being formed by their families! That’s so plausible. Keep in mind also, this was the generation where millions of ordinary kids put themselves through college. It was possible to get a job that could cover the tuition and the rent. It was possible to go to California, Colorado, or New York without being rich first or having your parents set up a trust fund. Kids then were far more independent of their families, in part because they had the means to strike out on their own at a relatively early age. Back then, almost no one talked to Mom and Dad about sexuality, and no one moved back home after college. Now, that is becoming the norm.

But the worst part is the claim there were no predators “back then.” There were plenty of predators, and they were trusted. The children were scared of being punished and too distant from their parents to confide in them. How many people who are in their 50s today have come forward to tell their story of childhood sexual abuse? Don’t you ever read the papers any more? All of this was hushed up back then, which proves children were not particularly close to their families. It is outrageous to put out a statement like that — it belittles the suffering of the victims.

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