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re: If boomers seem mentally tough, it's because these 10 childhood realities shaped them
Posted on 12/8/25 at 12:34 pm to JohnnyKilroy
Posted on 12/8/25 at 12:34 pm to JohnnyKilroy
quote:Perhaps you missed the earlier post. If no one younger than a boomer would have voted in 2008, Obama would never have been POTUS.
Except boomers and older vote at a WAY higher clip than 30 year old white women
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Posted on 12/8/25 at 12:36 pm to Zach
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Do you remember being a free range kid? 'Just go out and play!'
I lived the life of adventure as a kid. Admittedly, I realized how dangerous a life I lived later.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 12:37 pm to scottydoesntknow
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followed by bailouts to avoid crashing economy after closing said economy because they were afraid of a virus that only affected their age group
I’m a boomer as are most of my friends. While I agree with you that the covid virus affected boomers mostly, it was our children who were the fanatics about lockdowns. None of my friends, and only one of my siblings took covid seriously. But our kids were lockdown fanatics. There was probably a different dynamic on the west coast and in some other blue states, but that’s the way it was here.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 12:37 pm to NC_Tigah
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4) Physical punishment was the norm, not the exception
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7) Mistakes were met with shame, not understanding
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10) Emotional support meant "toughen up"
Well these explain the high prevalence of addiction and abusive behavior.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 12:38 pm to NC_Tigah
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Perhaps you missed the earlier post. If no one younger than a boomer would have voted in 2008, Obama would never have been POTUS.
What does Obama have to do with mayors and governors in 2020?
Posted on 12/8/25 at 12:41 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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18-29 66 32
30-44 52 46
45-64 50 49
65 & over 45 53
So he won boomers? Good for him.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 12:42 pm to NC_Tigah
Oh please. The Greatest and Silent Generation actually suffered but yet are very kind people. Boomers are entitled and insufferable.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 12:48 pm to NC_Tigah
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it's because these 10 childhood realities shaped them
I'll add one more. We weren't raised as being our parents best friends. I see that way too much in today's society.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 12:52 pm to NC_Tigah
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If boomers seem mentally tough, it's because these 10 childhood realities shaped them early
The original title of the article was called, “10 childhood realities that forged boomer mental toughness:
1–9: Various forms of child abuse
10: ‘Rub some dirt in it’
Truly the greatest generation of repressed emotions.”
But the author needed something a bit more choppy.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 12:52 pm to Dex Morgan
quote:How so?
Silent Generation actually suffered but yet are very kind people
Posted on 12/8/25 at 12:56 pm to Snipe
Yea, the youngest boomers are like 70 and haven't been in the workplace for years.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 1:02 pm to NC_Tigah
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Mistakes were met with shame, not understanding
We weren't shamed for making a mistake unless, we kept doing the same dumbass thing over and over again.
But were expected to fix it ourself.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 1:03 pm to alphaandomega
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If I ever said that to my parents they would find some chores for me to do. So I never asked that question. I would disappear into the woods with my friends and have all sorts of adventures. Building forts, having pine cone wars (especially when the green hard ones were on the ground).
We never had trouble finding something to do.
AMEN BRO = I am of the generation preceding the 'boomers' by 3 years - but apparently my parents never got the message - almost all of those items applied to my childhood. "finding something to do" was never - ever - a problem.
We lived in Leesville city limits during the Camp Polk construction years - mother ran a boarding house for the workers. Dad and brother and a neighbor began constructing our house out on Kurthwood Road - and I 'helped' - mostly played in the woods.
I had as great a childhood as could be imagined - would not trade it for any amount of the fake crap infecting the minds of today's children. Greatest gift I ever got was Christmas when I was about 7 or 8 - got a baseball glove that I used forever = called it "ol' Snag."
Walked about a mile and a half to school - had to cross railroad tracks. Sometimes the train was stopped so I'd crawl over it. Crawfished in the old mill pond - got mother to cook them - once. She said she wouldn't do that again. When I got a bike, I became an explorer - rode anywhere I wanted if I was late for supper I got leftovers.
School was mandatory, as was good behavior. Rumors of the Principal's 'electric paddle' ensured order during the younger years.
What a time to be alive!!!!
Posted on 12/8/25 at 1:04 pm to TygerTyger
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We can add that a lot of us were latchkey kids and took care of ourselves after school
We had one kid who lived nearby on base in Japan who purposefully didn't get a key. His mom left him a sandwich wrapped in newspaper at the front door until she got home. That might have been a bit excessive
Posted on 12/8/25 at 1:04 pm to NC_Tigah
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When they complained about having nothing to do, their parents didn't hand them a device or drive them to an activity. They were told to "go figure it out."
Gen X here (1968) but a lot if this carries over to my generation as well it seems, at least to start. Anyway:
FIFY
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When they complained about having nothing to do, their parents didn't hand them a device or drive them to an activity. They were put to work."
Oh yeah, well I can find you something to do:
Raking yard, mowing, cleaning something etc…. for tge rest of the afternoon.
We knew better than to bother them with “I’m bored”.
This post was edited on 12/8/25 at 1:07 pm
Posted on 12/8/25 at 1:06 pm to Snipe
Posted on 12/8/25 at 1:07 pm to NC_Tigah
The biggest difference was children weren’t shielded from the reality of the world. Even older cartoons depicted more real life scenarios that caused fear or sadness. Think Bambis mom getting shot
Kids today are shielded and protected too much. It’s done with good intentions but it’s detrimental. It’s why young adults are so anxiety stricken and don’t know how to handle simple adversity. Nobody likes seeing a child hurt or upset but sometimes life lessons need to be learned
Kids today are shielded and protected too much. It’s done with good intentions but it’s detrimental. It’s why young adults are so anxiety stricken and don’t know how to handle simple adversity. Nobody likes seeing a child hurt or upset but sometimes life lessons need to be learned
Posted on 12/8/25 at 1:08 pm to NC_Tigah
Grouping people by generation is akin to grouping people by astrological sign. While they share some basic commonalities, it's way too monolithic a categorization to be accurate
This post was edited on 12/8/25 at 1:09 pm
Posted on 12/8/25 at 1:10 pm to Penrod
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While I agree with you that the covid virus affected boomers mostly, it was our children who were the fanatics about lockdowns
Same here. I'm Gen X and I have a large gap between me and my youngest sibling (14 years).
My parents, myself, and my younger brother (also Gen X) did not buy into any of the Covid hysteria. Even down to not giving a flip about who tested "positive". Anyway, we had to cancel Xmas Eve during the covid year bc of my youngest sibling having a kid that tested "positive"
Come to find out a day later it was a false positive and everyone was pissed.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 1:10 pm to NC_Tigah
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If boomers seem mentally tough, it's because these 10 childhood realities shaped them
The fact that boomers think of themselves as tough is quite comical
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