Hey everyone! After reading this list and thinking how much things have changed already from when we were little and collecting Beanie Babies, I was also thinking how somethings on this list were not quite 'correct' if you want to say. At least not for me.
I can't speak for other people but I for one did not grow up in a 'well off' home. We didn't have most things that my other friends did. Usually I went over to their house to play in their big backyard or on their tampoline or play with their battery powered kid sized jeeps.
I can agree with most things on this list in how kids traded Beanie Babies, most didn't have a cord to twist on their phones, and honestly I've always thought Beethoven has been a good name for a big dog.
Other items on this list in a way made me upset. It seemed like they were trying to blame my generation for some of the flaws or not knowing who people are. I believe it reflects on our society and economy not just us in general. We're kids we learn from our parents and those around us. I know I grew up in a single parent home with my brother. My mother had a job, sometimes two, and also went to school full time. Honestly, I don't know how she did it raising two kids by herself and still taking us to our soccer, football, softball and baseball games. But back to the list; I learned cursive, I use email, I don't know the latte-talk. "10. Entering college this fall in a country where a quarter of young people under 18 have at least one immigrant parent, they aren't afraid of immigration...unless it involves "real" aliens from another planet." I believe that is definitely a reflection of not my class and generation but our country. I feel like the last part is calling us stupid like we will believe anything. "15. Colorful lapel ribbons have always been worn to indicate support for a cause." This one, well, I'm not sure what is wrong with that but I like wearing ribbons or something that shows I support because to me when I see someone else that's doing it, it knows that I, or what I'm going through, I'm being supported.
As you can tell, I have my opinions and agree with most of the list but there are still those few that I definitely don't. I liked reading this list though, it made me reflect and remember little things from my childhood, how I grew up and how others households growing up may have been different.
