What's wrong with our youth? Is it a psychosocial disorder? Is it the parents?

[33girl]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

Kids don't even watch cartoons anymore. Their idea of a Saturday morning is surfing the internet. When I was a kid I looked foward to Saturday mornings and donuts while watching the Smurfs.

That's because there are about 80 ookabillion stations that have cartoons on 24/7, who cares about the 4 networks showing whatever? Kids have so much these days and don't realize it. Don't get me started on how food packaging is being changed to appeal to kids (and I don't just mean Frosted Flakes either, I mean main dishes) to the point that you feel dumb if you're a grownup buying it.

There was a poster on here one time saying that our society doesn't do enough to cater to children - I honestly wonder what the hell America she was living in, because my experience is the opposite.

And that's another part of the problem.