Growing up too fast?

[lucky382001]

I think kids are growing up faster.  In school they are teaching things much sooner than they used to teach kids and the kids really seem to be maturing sooner as well.

[ljrjess69]

most defintley...its sad!,,,,,,,

[tylerbreister]

i moved out at the age of 17, so i grew up fast

[Penwoir]

I don't know if kids are growing up too fast or whether there is just too much done for them generally. For instance, they are handed entertainment on a platter! When I was a kid, I remember making dolls for my dolls house out of old fabric. I remember when my mum wouldn't buy me any flip flops (we couldn't afford such extravagance!) I decided to make myself some out of paper and sellotape. Sure they didn't last very long but they took me hours of fun to make - designed all from my own head! I also remember wanting long hair and when my mum wouldn't let me grow it, I placed a long silk scarf on my head and then wrapped in two bunches! I must have been the laughing stock of the neighborhood!

[ghunter]

Yes, I do and it it because the parents make them do things for themselves and they are not old enough to handle, but then again the things they learn in schools from other kids also.

[Tresbn00]

My kids are! I have a seventeen year old and near-sixteen year old and it seems like it was just yesterday that I was pushing them around in a stroller.  My daughter will be off at college next year at this time and my son will be driving in three months. My daughter just finished her last out door soccer game.  After 12 years of being able to watch her play I am having that pleasure taken away. She still has tennis season coming up and a few more orchestra engagements but then it will be time for commencement. I still have my son's lacross and tennis seasons to go to and I suppose that things will be less hectic.  The extra hours will be spent working whereas her games used to offer me a reprieve from staring at a computer screen for eighteen hours a day.

[dancer139]

My kids are now 39 and 30,,,,,  so sad.  I really wish they were little again.  Time just went way to fast.  Every one needs to enjoy their little ones while they are small and make memories for a life time 

[bigfoot951]

I hear this a lot but my question is...which is worse, them growing up too fast, or too slow???

[melissaotto1982]

Absolutely! ! Just the stuff there pushing kids to do and learn at school at younger ages is crazy to me. They have my 5 ywar old daughter reading books that I probably didn't start to learn to read until second grade.

[darkxtsuna]

Yes I do compare to when I was a kid.

[sharonpatri55]

Kids are growing up way to fast in some ways and are not in many other important ways. Kids today become extremely high tech and computer proficient at an extremely early age, but then again, they almost have to because of all the technology in the world today. Many kids are also getting involved in drugs and becoming involved physically with other kids at too young of an age compared to when I was a child. At the same time, kids are not growing up to respect and be compassionate to others or to be responsible for their actions and the consequences of their actions. These are the most important qualities in growing up.

[PGS28]

Absolutely! I think most of the problem is kids are being raised by "parents" who aren't fully mentally developed themselves, so they lack the skills needed to properly nourish their kids' mental state.  Environment and culture also plays a role in it.

[PGS28]

Also, I think another cause of this is the fact that kids are exposed to way too much too soon.  They don't need to grow up too fast or too slow; they need age appropriate stimulations and stipulations on their freedom.

[BlackSheepNY]

No, they are not growing up at all.  That's the problem.  They are not being taught consequences, how to take care of themselves, etc.  Everything is handed to them and they don't know the value of anything, even life itself.  They are being sexualized far too early, but I wouldn't call that growing up. 

Yup, I agree with you, 110%.  The other thing that bothers me tremendously is that these kids are not being taught any skills in school to take with them in to the working world.  Some kids don't want to go to college (or can afford to), they'd rather work and make money.  Yet, when they graduate from high school, they're just as lost as when they began high school.  The education system today has grown very twisted.  Common Core is meant to confuse and befuddle both the child and more so, the parent, so that the parent CAN'T help with a kids homework even if they tried.  The school system today is trying desperately to "change" history and the FACTS.  Some parents ARE noticing but, parents who aren't as good as following what their kids are learning have no clue, and some flat out don't care.  They're dumbing down America, they're indoctrinating the kids (not teaching them).  The future generations will be one of complacency unless the parents of today do something about it.