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QUOTE: Originally posted by lrenee Not that long ago in the TRAINS news wire was a news brief about two teenage girls that were waiting for an Amtrak train to show up, and at the last minute they deliberately walked in front of the train. Obviously a suicide! What's worse is the engineer reported they looked right at him. What on earth is going on inside teenage girls heads?[:O]
QUOTE: Originally posted by doghouse Hey fan, where did you find the picture?
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QUOTE: Originally posted by upchuck [banghead]Where's the third rail when you really need one...
QUOTE: Originally posted by AntonioFP45 I work with teens........I know I'm repeating myself.................. WHAT ARE OR WERE THE PARENTS DOING AS HE WAS GROWING UP? This guy pictured above as well as the girls that committed suicide..............How were they raised? What did "mommy" ( and if there was a daddy) teach them when they were little spuds? Over and over and over I see a lot of parents that clothe and feed their kids, buy them Play Station 2s,...........but seem to impart just a few solid moral values or discipline. [V]THis is across all incomes, rich and poor alike. When their kids curse at teachers or at them, many of them just brush it aside. I've witnessed this, though when it's done in front of me I confront it. I don't mind embarassing lax parents. How many of you all remember the two teens that were playing over Amtrak property on skateboards and were electrically shocked by the catenary wire? Mommy and Daddy sue Amtrak and instead of frying their hides, which they deserved. Today many of our younger parents actually poke fun at youth clubs like the Tiger Cubs, Cub Scouts, Boys Scouts, Girl Scouts, and civic associations. Yet, most kids that spend a lot of time growing and learning leadership skills in organizations such as these are the last ones on the planet that would ever consider suicide or playing chicken with a train.[^][4:-)] Some will slam me here for saying this, but every one of the kids that I've tried to help on my job (including one of my young relatives) that are "suicidal" strangely enough enjoy "dark music" and have a fascination with death and near-death thrills. IMHO, it is beyond scary and sickening. Honestly, the photo does not surprise me at all. Stuff like this has become more common than the media has let on.[B)]
QUOTE: Originally posted by CSXrules4eva 1. We do have alot of kids out here today that don't have any respect for authority or themselved for that matter. 2. I will also say that from a kid's perspective of today's generation I am 19, many kids at some point do think about death and suicide, I don't know if any one is aware of this but, the hardest point in a person's life growing up is that transition from kid to adult. Because of this, young adults face a lot of pressure from parents, teachers, friends, and other people. 3. As far as dark music is concerned...
QUOTE: Originally posted by zardoz When you an authority system that constantly lies, a thinking person will quickly lose faith in anything the authority says. Kids are not stupid. They mostly have inquisitive minds. Consequently, kids will see through the hypocrisy of the government's continuous lies and doubt anything they say. .
QUOTE: Originally posted by zardoz 1. When you an authority system that constantly lies, a thinking person will quickly lose faith in anything the authority says. Kids are not stupid. They mostly have inquisitive minds. They are not nearly as brain-dead as most adults. Consequently, kids will see through the hypocrisy of the government's continuous lies and doubt anything they say. 2. Not any different than just about every other generation. Normal part of maturing. It's tough to face the pressure, but the alternative is to give in and become not yourself, but another puppet of the system. 3. If one million kids listen to a piece of music and one uses that music as an excuse for some outrageous behavior, then it wasn't the music. The music just happened to be the trigger this time; it could have been triggered by a news story, a book, a conversation, a tv show. The problems lie within one's self, not without.
QUOTE: Originally posted by solzrules QUOTE: Originally posted by zardoz 1. When you an authority system that constantly lies, a thinking person will quickly lose faith in anything the authority says. Kids are not stupid. They mostly have inquisitive minds. They are not nearly as brain-dead as most adults. Consequently, kids will see through the hypocrisy of the government's continuous lies and doubt anything they say. 2. Not any different than just about every other generation. Normal part of maturing. It's tough to face the pressure, but the alternative is to give in and become not yourself, but another puppet of the system. 3. If one million kids listen to a piece of music and one uses that music as an excuse for some outrageous behavior, then it wasn't the music. The music just happened to be the trigger this time; it could have been triggered by a news story, a book, a conversation, a tv show. The problems lie within one's self, not without. Ahem. [soapbox] Your first point is a very broad generalization without any factual support. Kids aren't brain dead (but adults are)? Did you miss the picture at the begining of this thread????? Thank God kids are around to tell us how the government is lying to us. For a moment there I thought I would actually have to research the claims of politicians and make decisions based upon my findings when I went into the voting booth. Now all I have to do is turn on Nickelodeon. Or MTV. Hopefully Paris Hilton will take a moment to stop having sex with everything and tell me how my government is lying to me. Seeing as she is currently one of America's aspiring youth leaders, I am not holding my breath. Your second point is equally pointless. I thought about fighting the system and then I went to prison and saw where fighting the system leads. Don't worry, in time you will see that too. (There are a whole lot more people in prison for 'fighting the system' who are greedy self serving nut cases then there are on the outside.) Your third point I actually think makes sense. Maybe there is hope![:D]
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