Morning gerrries.

Can relate to all that old stuff in the recent posts.

--the good old days-

All that hard work was usable in the end Terra.

ps--might grab the snipe while im here-lol...............Richo.

Good on ya Richo :^O

I think that 'Children's Rights' was meant as a guide line in the courts when faced with seriously abused children.. that the schools decided to feed this information to the kids was dreadfully wrong.

Like you Lyndal, I never allowed it to influence me, under my roof they rememered I was The Mother and what I said went... once out on their own, hopefully equipped with the things I had taught them, then they could choose what they wanted.

They seem to be doing okay, some a bit better than others 🙂

Have you noticed that nowadays they say 'That's for me and Suzie' instead of the other way round 'That's for Suzie and me'... I think that says it all... now they put themselves first in all things and that particular rule applies to everything ...

I happened to be present when a 16 year old girl - a very large girl - threatened her aunt and mother, but turned to me and said 'not you'!

I stared at her hard and said, 'Don't even try'!  I think she took the hint.  I will NOT be threaened by kids, they might knock me out and I might end up in hospital, but that's nothing compared to facing prison for assault!!! X-(

Grrrrrr

Actually she and I ended up (oops, that should be 'me and her') having quite a friendly relationship.. so maybe she was glad someone stood up to her. 🙂

The big mistake that young people make when they think they know better than us and are arrogant about it......we have a lifetime of life experiences and knowledge which they don't have.  If they are lucky one day they will find themselves where we are now.

They think they know everything and they know (forgive me for the expression) FA. 

Darki, I love it when a young person asks me (in a very  patronising way) if I know how to use a computer.   I point out that I have been continuously them for 40 years, even before there was such a thing as a desktop Mac or PC..  It is the patronising manner which gets up my nose. My business partner and I were one of the first to import touch screens into Australia. LOL.  Do these people think that we spent a lifetime tied to a kitchen sink with a belly full of arms and legs?  Do they think our brains went into meltdown at aged 40? 

Oh long before 40 freshie, that's hangofanold 😞  

Yes, it gets up my nose too.... I often want to say IF you get to my age - and at the rate you are going, you probably won't, because it takes skill to get to my age, then you will know much more than you do at present. X-(

Grrrr !

Oh I slipped on the 'good patient list' I didn't forget an appointment, but I couldn't make it and although I tried to phone and cancel it, I couldn't get through, so in the end I just gave up :^O

I've been using computers since about 1986, but my OH was in the computer business long before that when they were big clunking things and had not been tamed or domesticated... Thankfully my son does not think of me as some sort of an idiot and we can exchange information in a companionable manner 🙂  Mind you, he is 50, so maybe having a teen daughter makes a difference :^O

My daughter and her husband are the dumbest I have ever met and so, consequently treat me like a total fool.  We were driving through Canberra many years ago and my SIL said, as we slowed down to do 40 through a school zone.  "We have these in Canberra, it makes sure the childen are safe crossing the roads....

HUH??? Did he think the 40 signs were not Australian wide?

JAYZUS and I had to be told?   Aaarrggghhh stop me someone.

I remember when my son, now 40, came home from school with full knowledge of his rights. I explained to him how the household did not run on a democratic basis but was a totalitarian establishment and that if he didn't like it he could move in with the teacher who had told him of his rights. He went to school the next day and told the teacher that he was moving in with her. She never spoke with me again. Later he sent off for and nailed a copy of the UN Charter of Childrens Rights to his bedroom door. I still have it and we are going to send it to him when his expected child is old enough to put the acid on him.:^O

Jean, I must admit I got a bit of a giggle at your post.  Your son is quite a character.  :^O

Jean, it would appear that all the schools were preaching children's rights at the same time.  My daughter, who I put in her place regarding her rights, is 43.;-)

Arhhh!  I love it Jean... A totaliatarian establishment... and the panic the teacher felt would have done your heart good.  Yes of course you have saved it for your grown son and his child :^O

Thankfully my kids are ten years older and so missed out on that time, but when my son (at 18) joined the Defence Forces, he got the impression that his 'little mother' was definitely of inferior status.... Hmmmm...... X-(

On leave one time, I had enough and sent him packing.  I made it clear, he had two options - accept me as I am and we can be friends or F/orf and leave me alone!!!

It was six months before I heard again and when I did it was by phone and the voice was anything but nice.  I stared at the phone and my options and told him I didn't give a ....

I Slammed the phone down!

Silence!!

another three months...

Phone range

"Hi Mum, may I come and visit?"

Hahahahaa  we have been friends ever since... No, I didn't think for one moment I had lost him, but he did wonder about me :^O

Ah!  kids... sigh!

xxx