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re: As A Gen X Guy and Dad, I'm Sorry

Posted on 9/1/25 at 2:26 pm to
Posted by PNW_TigerSaint
Member since Oct 2016
1297 posts
Posted on 9/1/25 at 2:26 pm to
“Or a woman…”

Equal treatment. True feminist ahead of his time.
Posted by Riverside
Member since Jul 2022
8026 posts
Posted on 9/1/25 at 2:26 pm to
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Gen Z bruh, born in 2003


This explains a lot actually.
Posted by Lexis Dad
Member since Apr 2025
4360 posts
Posted on 9/1/25 at 2:29 pm to
I'm Gen X and my daughter is just fine.

Sounds like a "you" problem.
Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
Member since Sep 2009
119859 posts
Posted on 9/1/25 at 2:30 pm to
Can anyone raising kids today answer these questions?

- At what age do you expect your kids to get a job?

- How much do you think technology/social media has influenced how you parent?

- Is it just me or does society not allow boys to be boys and girls to be girls? When I was growing up, it seemed like it was normal for boys to fight each other. At recess when the boys were playing football and two kids got in a fight, they would get sent to the principal office, they would be told "next time I am going to call your parents" and then send them back to class. Rough housing was sort of normal.

It seems like around. I don't know, 5th.. 6th grade.. people start having "crushes" on someone from the opposite sex. I remember.. this might have been 5th or 6th grade. One of my friends had a girl friend and on valentines be brought her a small box of candy. He gave it to her and then at recess she had her friend bring it to him, with one piece of candy left and the girl told him that she (his girlfriend) is breaking up with him.. And then we all laughed at him. Is that some shite that would go on today?
Posted by Sao
East Texas Piney Woods
Member since Jun 2009
68469 posts
Posted on 9/1/25 at 2:31 pm to
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I'm Gen X and my daughter is just fine.

Sounds like a "you" problem.

And i applaud you.

You're not following.
Posted by bad93ex
Walnut Cove
Member since Sep 2018
33597 posts
Posted on 9/1/25 at 2:54 pm to
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I'm not sure what happened. Our children didn't get our slap upside the head message handed down to them.



"Gentle Parenting" and countless worthless studies on parenting
Posted by vince vega
New Orleans
Member since Feb 2014
818 posts
Posted on 9/1/25 at 3:11 pm to
quote:

Our children didn't get our slap upside the head message handed down to them


well, how old are they? are they employed? do you still give them money? what exactly is wrong with them?

what i am saying is, maybe there's still a chance?
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
134999 posts
Posted on 9/1/25 at 3:22 pm to
Soft
Posted by McLemore
Member since Dec 2003
34584 posts
Posted on 9/1/25 at 3:26 pm to
I’m 50 and I’m becoming intentionally more corporal with my heathen sons (5 and 6). They can be sociopathic, conniving, scheming, violent little animals. No training in those qualities required.
Posted by 3nOut
I don't really care, Margaret
Member since Jan 2013
31687 posts
Posted on 9/1/25 at 3:27 pm to
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I'm Gen X and I slapped my boys upside the head



i'm 42 YO Xennial (whatever) and I spanked both boys and slap both of them upside the head at 16 and 18 and they both take it like men because they know they F'd up when it happens.


i also was a football coach and slapped my players in the back of the head. my wife lost her mind when she heard that and I asked my son and two of his teammates if it bothered them. they said "no, it meant we needed to quit jacking around and listen."
This post was edited on 9/1/25 at 3:31 pm
Posted by Sao
East Texas Piney Woods
Member since Jun 2009
68469 posts
Posted on 9/1/25 at 3:27 pm to
You're a Dork with kids born around 1990.

Yes?

See, you're an old 1952 Boy.
This post was edited on 9/1/25 at 3:32 pm
Posted by Sao
East Texas Piney Woods
Member since Jun 2009
68469 posts
Posted on 9/1/25 at 3:47 pm to
I'm sincerely asking. How in the frick did we raise these boys? Or did we?

Posted by MyRockstarComplex
The airport
Member since Nov 2009
4853 posts
Posted on 9/1/25 at 3:49 pm to
I’ve been trying to teach my 4 year old girl to dick punch older boys at the trampoline park and yell “manifest destiny”
Posted by Sao
East Texas Piney Woods
Member since Jun 2009
68469 posts
Posted on 9/1/25 at 3:54 pm to
Bro. You're a shite dad. Brown belt Ellie The Pure Blood. Prepare.
Posted by Sao
East Texas Piney Woods
Member since Jun 2009
68469 posts
Posted on 9/1/25 at 4:00 pm to

We all get the sarcasm, yes?

Posted by rphtx
CO
Member since Apr 2018
1533 posts
Posted on 9/1/25 at 4:05 pm to
Huh? My kids turned out great. Millennial dads?
Posted by tigerinthebueche
Member since Oct 2010
37656 posts
Posted on 9/1/25 at 4:06 pm to
You have way more to apologize for than just raising shitty kids.
Posted by Gee Grenouille
Bogalusa
Member since Jul 2018
7440 posts
Posted on 9/1/25 at 6:29 pm to
born in 80, son born in 08. All I had to do was make sure they didn't act up if we went to eat, and went to his school to demand discipline when he screwed up.
Posted by Bullfrog
Running Through the Wet Grass
Member since Jul 2010
60240 posts
Posted on 9/1/25 at 7:52 pm to
quote:

Im '71 born
. Well damn. Seeing your posts over the years I would have guessed late 1940’s to mid 1950’s DOB.

Ok. Going offline to recalibrate.
Posted by Sao
East Texas Piney Woods
Member since Jun 2009
68469 posts
Posted on 9/1/25 at 7:58 pm to

Solid Baw. AMA?
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