Posted by Pam Adams on August 09, 2006 at 23:08:13 from 134.71.192.243 user PamAdams.
In Reply to: A lost world posted by Joe Windsor on August 09, 2006 at 20:52:04:
I wonder how much of our feeling that 'these kids today- (fill in the blank)' comes from expecting them to be us. The reality is that things are different- technology plays a huge role in how modern kids experience things.
There's also the example of the parents- these kids are being taught to be consumers. As a college advisor, I am constantly dealing with the 'helicopter parents' constantly hovering over their kids. (and these 'kids' are legal adults!) Perhaps we need the Walker/Blackett/Callum parental training school!
One of my favorite examples of good parenting in the series was in the letter from Mrs. Callum in one of the books. She was spring-cleaning, but would not touch 'Dick's Museum.'
pam