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Stop Treating Me Like a Kid
Your Say!

Quotes from the forum:

From Dork
"I like the fact younger people are being treated more like adults, because when they are, they give the same respect back."

From Fizzwizzle
"I hate to see kids thinking they are grown up and bossing people around. They should accept that they are kids and just have fun instead."

From Sushi
"I would prefer to be a child 40 years ago. Things then were safer and children where allowed time to grow up. There weren't the pressures to 'have it all' that there are on young people today."

From Fizzwizzle
"Of course children had it better 40 years ago...they were not subjected to a barrage of marketing strategies convincing them that they wanted something they didn't, their parents had more time for them because communication took longer leading to a more relaxed life style, they were not cheated by the education system and last but not least there were no chavs".

From Disco
"It's not the kids that turned into who they are now, Its the nanny state that did it to them."

From Hannah
"If some kids are not brought up the right way then they can be very naughty!"

From 'Fantasy and Comedy Are all my Joy'
"Yeh, I get put on a lot of pressure from my family being told to do my homework even when i've done it and so happen to be playing games when they see me. I'm fully capble to do stuff and sort things out by myself. I know they're trying to help but i feel that I'm not trusted."

From 'Road Trip'
"I don't like being treated like a kid."


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