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Far Rider wrote: My family and I spent the day at an amusement park, the kind you pay a flat rate to get in, $50 bucks a head! then everything else is supposed to be free. (laughing a lot here)...



My concern is not so much the cost, but what a bad place it is to leave your kids to be babysat.



My Warning: Never leave your kids alone there! I was shocked! The manner of dress for the young ladies was lewd. Belly buttons showing, with tattoos, short shorts, and slid down as much as possible, tight tops heavy make-up and all of them trying to look 5 years older than they are, these were young teens. 13 years olds!



Now all thats bad enough cause someone models that look at home or it would never get to the younger teens.



But what's worse than that?... the teen age boys... all older teens, after the younger girls. My son and I watched as the young wolves came out to capture the young girls, the girls openly accepted it because they were getting the attention that their manner of dress was designed to attract.



As a father I wanted to drag the lot of them boys out to the woodshed and teach them manners! One girl was in over her head, while in line for a ride a boy was hassling a girl to get her to ride with him, she declined. Then he grabbed her hand and said she will come with him. My son stepped forward and stood in between them, and backed her towards my family, and glared at the other boy. The young girl stayed with my family until we rounded the park entrance and security.



I saw very few families there, mostly it was teenagers alone, without parent or guardians. It was scary to see so many young girls without anyone protecting them.
Aw Bless you FR,:-4

what a lovely human being x

Far Rider, you must have done a good job of raising your son. You should be proud of him.

The contrast between you and your family and all those kids wandering aimlessly, looking for someone to pay attention to them, is glaring.

Wake up America!!!!

Clint wrote: The contrast between you and your family and all those kids wandering aimlessly, looking for someone to pay attention to them, is glaring.


I think this statement speaks volumes...



FR, good for your son. And you!

Often its not that the parents "Let them" they cant stop them. The girls will go to great lenghts to look the way their peers do. The reason males dont res[ect females is because the females dont respect themselves. To me it seems to have started years ago when females started using filthy lanuguage in front of males..it was all down hill from there.

Far Rider wrote: My wife and I watch the trends that develop and are careful to point out the fads to our children along with an explaination on why im-modest dress leads to inappropriate behavior. My Kids are 15, 12 and 8. If we can do it anyone can. While at the park my kids saw the danger of immodesty happening all around them. My daughters reaction was to stay close to Daddy. My sons reaction was to shadow my daughter so she would be protected. They both sensed that things were out of place. My 8 year old, stayed close too, but noticed it less.

I think the simple fact of the matter is it takes work to keep your kids under proper supervision and a large percentage of parents dont want to put forth the effort.

What I saw was a bunch of mixed up kids, poorly trained, confused and completely too young to handle the emotions and feelings brought on by being introduced to 'life' at too young an age.


FR you're absolutely right, kids (still really babies) are being thrown into "life's" arena at way too young an age. It seems now a days that many "young" Girls develop way ahead of their age. So when they dress like the "models" they see in the magazines they buy, these young Girls apear provocative! Then when they get the attention they are seeking from the opposite sex, they are not prepared for those Hormone driven boys, and many of these young Girls can't handle them! It's a scary thing as you mentioned, as many of the Boys (Not so young) are very disrespectful to their elders, so you can just imagine how badly they treat Young Girls! It's a sad state of affairs!

It's even scarier to think of what the next generation is going to be like!!! :wah:

BRAVO !!! YOUR SON IS A GENTLEMAN AND YOU SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF HIM. :yh_clap :yh_clap :yh_clap

There is a lack of manner in our society today, and it is showing in our children. I make sure the young people in my family remember their manners, along with respect for their elders.

There was something to be said about the good ol days when kid were seen and not heard when adults were present. Of course we want our children to be themselves, but there is a limit to no manners. :-5

We went to Vegas a couple years back and we went out on a Thursday night and then again on Friday night on the strip.As we walked on Thursday - there were young couples, some had kids and it seemed normal (minus the guys handing out naked girl cards etc..) but on Friday night- OHHH MY-- these little girls and I MEAN LITTLE girls were out with heels on and skimpy outfits...I swear some were 13-14 years old...What makes a man or a woman for that matter think that teenagers are something to look at? It makes you think that people need a reality check - and maybe even charges brought against them fow allowing their daughters to dress like that..... Sad - Iowa is passing a law that if you are dating or living with a child molester of ANY sort..you will be charged and loose your kids...I can not wait till it goes into effect-- my neighbor about 5 houses down is registered and he is shacking up with some lady who has young kids...Don't think I am above calling them in-- It just makes a person MAD...