Quote:I forget about schools being such an influence since I have never raised a kid to put through school. There are definitely more influences now than when we were kids. I remember when MTV in it's infancy freaked the adults out because of the bad influences. But it was okay to watch Archie Bunker. No one could pay me enough to raise a kid in our bat poop crazy society. I think I can understand why a lot of folks I know homeschool their kids.

I wouldn't say it's the schools as much as it is social media.

 

The county I teach in is one of the better counties on the east coast. Lots of great teachers who aren't even touching the politics going on right now. However the kids go online and they can find literally anything. They find it faster than anyone on this board because they were born in it. (You merely adopted the dark... I was born in it)

 

Kids today never really have a chance to be a kid. My parents used to say "Go outside and don't come back until 7:30." Now, they just played on their IPads and stay inside. It's awful. My wife and I have noticed so many families going out to eat but they don't even talk to each other. Every single person is on their phone or IPad. Really sad.

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