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giftedgirl77

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6. I said it was a direct result of helicopter parenting &

Reply to C_U_L8R (Reply #2)

Mon Jul 25, 2016, 06:16 PM

Jul 2016

that parents never taught their children how to lose. It used to drive me crazy that at 10 yrs old parents still weren't telling their kids the score. This is the product of that nonsense.

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Hell hath no fury [View all] Recursion Jul 2016 OP

Did you say that about Occupy Wall Street? Chasstev365 Jul 2016 #1

Yes; keep in mind I liked TARP Recursion Jul 2016 #3

Sorry millennials C_U_L8R Jul 2016 #2

I said it was a direct result of helicopter parenting & giftedgirl77 Jul 2016 #6

"this is disturbing". exactly what is disturbing? nt msongs Jul 2016 #4

This is not disturbing. Trump is disturbing. ciaobaby Jul 2016 #5

The US is in better shape than it's ever been in my lifetime Recursion Jul 2016 #7

Can you acknowledge a different viewpoint? ciaobaby Jul 2016 #8

Sure, a wrong one Recursion Jul 2016 #9

Not if they are expressing what they experience in their life. ciaobaby Jul 2016 #10

OK, well I remember the early 90s Recursion Jul 2016 #12

Amen fellow Gen Xer JustAnotherGen Jul 2016 #13

it's worse than that. they have contempt for things that affect other people JI7 Jul 2016 #11

I wish I could send them back JustAnotherGen Jul 2016 #14

I have to agree, but weirdness too... that dang deja vu moment. fleabiscuit Jul 2016 #15