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Feb 26, 2024
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#22
#25 yes you are right. Actually I feel kids are more intelligent than grown ups lol. I pretty much discuss everything with them. I ask for ideas. I share my works with them. More recently I was designing a logo and when I showed it and asked for what he thought, my friend’s son came up with new suggestions which was amazing. I feel so happy I can share my world with them.
Feb 26, 2024
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#23
What I don’t like in older generation honestly - when they demand respect. lol
Feb 26, 2024
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#24
Just because someone has lived for 88 years doesn’t mean anything. They have seen many moons yes. But if they are hollow, I find it difficult. I won’t be harsh or anything. I can’t like spend more time with them
Feb 26, 2024
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#25
One of my best friends is 78 now. We hit it off like anything. He has such wisdom you naturally look up to him. His presence itself says it. But he’s blissfully unaware. That’s the beautiful part. I so much look forward to spending time with him. He’s an amazing artist too.
breezehappysquirrel wrote:
I think if the older ones enliven the space by their very presence, the younger ones would naturally love them and respect them
That's true. I was the kid who had always been spending a lot of time with the family. When I was a kid, I used to play ludo or carrom with my grandparents, and chess with my dad (which was the reason why I got interested in chess). Even now, when I'm busy with schoolwork, I try to allocate time playing monopoly in the weekends.
Meanwhile, my younger sister is, a bit different. She has got more influence from her friends. She tries to behave like her friends, and wants everything that her friends get.
The difference will be quite visible in our characters itself. I tend to be the more mature and adult like acting one. And her, the more childish one. And the reason, influence. Adults nowadays just prefer to give the phone to the kid to keep them quiet rather than spending time with them.
Feb 26, 2024
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#27
So it’s about how one is, if something matures in oneself, then people are drawn to you. And young and old and anyone in between would like your presence. I have met many people like that. There’s a sense of non-attachment in a nice way (they have seen enough life) and the pettiness is gone lol and one is simply like a flower whose fragrance touches you
Feb 26, 2024
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#29
llama_l wrote:
TomPEsquire wrote:
I think the problem developed when adults started trying to keep kids down in a Miniature-sized reality where they're expected to act foolishly
I think the problem is you made this topic with a specific situation or relationship in mind (something going on in your orbit) and you're generalizing this, speaking of it as if it's how the whole world works.
There are many different cultures, more than one "old" generation, and more than one "young" generation. There are also many different personalities... one parent's or teacher's approach to kids will be different from another's even when culture and ages are constant.
You're right, I'm generalizing from my orbit, but so are you. Whose orbit am I supposed to generalize from?
Feb 26, 2024
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#30
#35 llama what do you expect me to say that “kid was so nasty and I felt so happy”? Lol
Feb 26, 2024
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#31
Personal experience arise out of who one is right? And with the everyday interactions
In the current family structure. So, if the younger generation wants the older ones to mature into wise human beings after having lived for so long — is it too much to ask for?
In the current family structure. So, if the younger generation wants the older ones to mature into wise human beings after having lived for so long — is it too much to ask for?
Feb 26, 2024
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#32
Wise or not wise - if they try to impose what they they themselves don’t practice, they don’t want to listen to them anymore.
Feb 26, 2024
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#34
I grew up in the village there it’s obviously a patriarchal society. When the dad comes home from work, they all get up lol such respect! Esp in agriculture based societies I have witnessed this. It wasn’t a rule or something. That’s how they loved and respected
Feb 26, 2024
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#36
They knew so much - like home remedies, what’s to be done for what season of the year (they were so tuned with the planet) what to eat and what not to (that too, was based on seasons) I don’t know how many can relate to what I’m saying but you get broadly what I’m trying to say
Feb 26, 2024
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#37
The situation didn’t arise even, where the elders want to be understood or respected. It was all so natural
Feb 26, 2024
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#39
#42 TomPEsquire have you read Tin Tin? There’s a book I forgot the title. Captain Haddock meets a llama lol
But I won't right now because I'm tired