boatgeek
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I have child and at any point he may ask that, but I will not tell him the real answer. I believe you should be married when you have children. By the time your married you should know where babies come from and how they are made. By the time a person becomes in high school they should all ready know. But they should not exercise there gifts until they are married. There is no reason to tell that type of information to anyone younger then 16. They will learn it when they are ready. I hope I answered your question.
What genie are you referring to?
I hope you don't think that withholding information on sex will actually keep your child from having sex. They'll just go to the oh-so-reliable sources of internet porn and their friends. But that's OT except that kids and research/sugar motors are in exactly the same situation. You can try to limit information, but it won't help. You'll just get more kids doing things unsafely and potentially having life-altering accidents.
I guess all you guys are missing the point. The original reason for my original post was genuine. In this day and age respect for your fellow adults, respect your elders has disappeared. Kids these days think they are right all the time. They dont know when to stop. Technically, there should be no age limit on this forum but because the way society is and how kids are these days that is why I think there should be a minimum age. Young people get on here and they dont respect anyone and their ideas. yes, when one person messes up it messes up everyone.
I think kids and rockets is great. But kids get on here and cause mischief. Thats why I recommend parental guidance for the kids that are on here under a certain age.
I am a school teacher and I see it all the time. Kids these days are so entitled. They think they have earned everything without any work being done. I believe it all starts at home. Parents dont want to be parents anymore. They just have kids to have kids. Its all about RESPECT. It then spreads to every situation. This happens in all walks of life.
When I teach kids I teach discipline. Children should not speak unless spoken to or called upon. Any adult or stranger should get the same respect from children. Because society has gotten easy on rules and discipline our core and moral values have begun to erode.
There you go, I am done.
I mentor kids in rocketry in high school and I see little or none of the behavior you describe in the students interested in rocketry. I see students who genuinely want to learn and genuinely respect the expertise of the old farts like me. I also don't talk down to them and start with the basic expectation that they will learn and fly safely. Sure, we see some people who don't want to accept the expertise of the oldsters here, but they usually go away pretty quickly. I don't see mischief (what destructive things could they do to the site anyway?) The kids who stay are respectful and contribute. For example, Blackbrandt was just asking about colleges. I had assumed he was 25-30 because he acted like it.
Kids are what their parents and other adults in their lives have encouraged them to be. The participation trophies everyone goes on about aren't for the kids. The kids know who's good and who isn't. Those trophies are for the parents.
Is it really so wrong to encourage kids who want to learn about rocketry to do it safely and respectfully? The only hitch is you have to lead by example. Respect goes both ways. I've seen those same rocketry kids tear a teacher to bits because the teacher didn't respect the students and their knowledge. If you can't admit you're wrong, expect kids to point it out every single time. And if an elder expects respect without giving it, he is going to be sorely disappointed.
Kids shouldn't speak unless spoken to? So if a kid sees an unsafe situation developing at a launch, they should keep their mouths shut? They shouldn't point out a rocket coming in ballistic because they haven't been spoken to? You can have rules for your classroom/gym, but I respectfully submit that while you may get obedience, you won't get respect.