So my stepsister, Olivia, and I are walking around in the mall during the holiday season. We pass by a cell phone kiosk and she practically shouts, “Oh! I sooo want a cell phone for Christmas! Can I please have one, daddy?”
To my dismay, her dad answers “We’ll see.”
This was the breaking point for me. Olivia is 8 years old. Not only that, she’s telling me about her boyfriends, and about her drama on Facebook. Kids nowadays are just growing up too quickly! Since when did and 8-year-old need to text her boyfriend and send him messages say “ily baby” on Facebook? I didn’t even get a Facebook until last year, and I’m 14!
Even when I look around my neighborhood, no kids are out except for the 2 and 3 year olds playing in the streets. I really do miss the way kids used to be, climbing trees and not inside on Facebook or watching Hannah Montana Forever.
And I know all kids aren’t like this now, but the majority of kids are. It’s really depressing me.
To my dismay, her dad answers “We’ll see.”
This was the breaking point for me. Olivia is 8 years old. Not only that, she’s telling me about her boyfriends, and about her drama on Facebook. Kids nowadays are just growing up too quickly! Since when did and 8-year-old need to text her boyfriend and send him messages say “ily baby” on Facebook? I didn’t even get a Facebook until last year, and I’m 14!
Even when I look around my neighborhood, no kids are out except for the 2 and 3 year olds playing in the streets. I really do miss the way kids used to be, climbing trees and not inside on Facebook or watching Hannah Montana Forever.
And I know all kids aren’t like this now, but the majority of kids are. It’s really depressing me.
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