How does it make you feel when your children ask about your childhood as if it occured during the bronze age?
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<>You are always "ancient" to your children.  My kids always asked me about dinosaur egg omelets.  One day, if they are lucky, they will realize just how much they depended on you.  You'll still be "way old," but they'll hug you and say "thanks!"
241333
I know my parents love me and my two siblings equally. Being the eldest, i guess they were fond of me a 'bit' more..ofcourse i dont question them. When i was a kid i used to feel awkward at the thought of my mom and dad sharing their love with this little sister i had..but now over the years, i have realised that it is very very difficult for parents to differentiate between children they have made..who came from them..\n\nBut i do often use it as an excuse to get their attention sometimes..that she loves my sis and my bro more than me (and ofcourse i know that isnt true)..
711792
It's become a lot happier since having kids.  Before, it really dragged on me to feel obligated to be "merry" and "jolly" and "forgiving", etc., when I just wanted to get through as I would any other time of year.  But my two young boys are royally jacked for Christmas, and their enthusiasm fires up mine.  But yes, we'll really take it on the chin come the January credit card bills.  Yet to see them happy and enjoy things I didn't as a child, will make up for it in many ways.
984749
lol \n:-)\nlast year.\nhmm..i was so cluless. first time experiencing so many new things. Felt like i was being forced to grow up, by experincing so many things adults think we can't handle.  hmm i see you are a sophmore just like me! :-)\nhave a great day!
878136
Giggle,   when  I  was  a lot younger   a  close  friend of  my mother's   one time, at the peak of   frustration over  her   unruly hair  declared  "I look  as if I'd been pulled backwards through a hedge"       I  was only about 12  at the time,  but I thought that  was  so funny   it  somehow got hardwired into my brain  and   I've often used it myself.\n                                               I  guess you could   say something like ,,"Every Saturday   morning,   I would lounge  around   the house in my pyjamas,  with my hair  looking  as if I'd been  dragged backwards  through a hedge"       It's  an  expression that nobody else  will be likely to use  because no-one could possibly have thought of it, since it comes  from  a past  age.   But it's  still pretty darn  descriptive, when you think about it .
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i only knew my great-grandmother. she took care of me every day when i was little, but she died when i was 8.  it was cool because she was 80 years older than me which is a whole world of difference.  she could remember back to the turn of the century (1900, not 2000 of course).  she told me stories all the time about how the world was when she was little.  she really valued teaching children nursery rhymes, bible songs, and stories of the past.  i think she was really important in shaping the values i still have. also, i have lots of respect and some sympathy for old people now b/c of her.  it's got to be sad to be old and be living in a world that is so unfamiliar to you and where you don't really feel like you are a valued part of society.  i really miss her even today, but i'm so grateful that i knew her.  i'm sorry you missed out on that, maybe, hopefully, you'll be around to know your own great-grandchildren adn you can make good memories for them like i have.
712324
i personally feel flash in the pan really. We have had on major wars <yet thankfully> and no great revolutions or technological advances such as bronze/iron age man or the industrial revolution. i wonder what we will be remembered for as a generation, and a worldwide culture?
818105
This reminds me of the time that my grandfather hollered at me....\n"HOW OLD ARE YOU NOW, BOY"\n\n"FIVE" I said.\n\nHe replied..."WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE, I WAS SIX."\n\nWhy does the older generation feel the need to out-do or compete with the younger generation. Exactly. I'm glad I could help.
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When you're younger, every experience is new.  As you age, the feeling of sameness sets in.  \n\nIt's like when you travel in a foreign country--everything is brand new and interesting, and the days last forever (and you get exhausted trying to absorb everything you've seen, heard, tasted, learned).
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LOL! I totally understand this feeling! Today's teens are so different than when we were younger; sometimes I think my 14 year old is speaking a foreign language. I think it's really that the world is so different than it was, and our kids have to deal with so many things. I'm not that old, but I remember when I first started seeing ads with "www." on them, and thinking, "What's this?" I remember vinyl records, black and white t.v.s, and air conditioning as a luxury. Our kids can surf the web, load software and program the VCR before they're 7. And they *need* those skills to make it in an increasingly technical world. \n\nSomething I find to be helpful is to give my daughter her due. When she knows more than me about something, I get her to teach me. It's kind of a funny role reversal, but it increases her confidence and let's her know that I value her as a smart, capable, young lady. We talk often, and I'm not afraid to explain things or to ask for explanations. I also explore her interests, try to make connections to them, and to at least gain a basic understanding so we can converse (which has been challenging since she loves anime). Keep trying. With diligence and conversation, understanding will come. :)\n\nBest wishes,\n~Tia~
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Check my question in this category  :  "Have you noticed, little ones, how history repeats itself?"
39993
When my father passed away he went to my sister and asked for her blessings and that was different because we always ask him for his blessings and the day before he passed away he went to my house and spend like an hour with my kids sitting on the sofa so I think he felt it
225661
Oh Honey but that is the problem; we do understand what you as a teenager is going thru ( been there, done that) most parents don't want their teens to go thru the same garbage as they did ( just as our folks did for us and their folks before them). You as teens think that parents couldn't possibly know anything about what you are feeling because they are "OLD".
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I don't think it is any more wrong than telling them about the Easter Bunny or Santa Clause or the Tooth Fairy.  Childhood is all about make believe and stories.  Sometimes we adults forget that.  My fondest memory is being at my Grandmother's house during a thunderstorm where I was frightened of the thunder.  My Grandma told me the very same thing....That God was bowling and he just got a strike!!!!  It is a memory that I love to remember, and I thank you for the question because that memory came to mind.
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I'm ok, and I had an awful childhood.\nGranted, It's taken years to get myself balanced and to be able to accept my past. But from the day I went into care at 14, I decided I didn't want to be like the others around me... I had a rocky lot of teenage years. but who doesn't?\nI am now 24 and Mother to a beautiful 4 and a half year old girl.\nAnd even if I say so myself, I am a good Mum, my daughter is polite well mannered happy and loved. I think that one of the reasons I have done well with her is because, I swore that I would never do to her what my Mum did to me... I had to live with the consequences and it wasn't pleasant!\nSure, I'm not completeley un-affected by my past and even now I get stages where I don't understand why, or feel upset or betrayed. But I DO understand and know, that I will be the best Mother I can for my little one. And feel lucky that I was shown how bad things could be, so that I can break a cycle, and give my Daughter the future she deserves.
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Thank you, thank you, thank you.\nThis day makes me feel so happy because, as a friend of mine just told me, it remembers me that being a mother is the best decision i have taken in my life.\n\nterry m... i would like to think that you feel your children close to you from your heart, no matter how far they are. I can understand your feelings, and it scares me a little, i do have only one son my self. Happy mothers day for you too.
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Fears, outstanding childhood memory, what dead person you would talk to if you could and why, favorite object and what it symbolizes, words that "describe me" and why. Different than the usual "family, friends, what I want to be when I grow up" stuff I would think teachers usually hear.