Now I Know the World's Gone Mad

period cookies!!! whatever next.

My DGDs are given flowers (Sainsbury's tulips last time) after dance shows as are most of the other girls (not sure what happens with the boys) which I think is quite sweet.

kittylester

My DGDs are given flowers (Sainsbury's tulips last time) after dance shows as are most of the other girls (not sure what happens with the boys) which I think is quite sweet.

That is sweet...

Quite different to the scenario described on MN - to summarise - Year 7 child had taken part in assembly about climate change - parent had an expectation that she would be presented with flowers purchased by the school.

Give me strength!

I knew someone who made welcome to womanhood period packs. I'm not sure they caught on- a pair of pants and some sanitary towels in a pretty box!

Not sure what to think really...

Isn’t a thank you from a teacher good enough now?

Why should schoolgirls get bouquets for doing what they are taught to do? What would a schoolboy get in similar circumstances? When I read the lesson in chapel, all I got was a thank you from the school chaplain, which I have not forgotten. Wasn't thank you enough for child and mother?

Oreo

Isn’t a thank you from a teacher good enough now?

It seems not. I wonder what message it's sending to their children when parents think they are entitled to a gift for doing anything in school. The mind boggles.

I was given 2 prizes at school which I treasured. One was a book. Rudyard Kipling's Just so stories, which I still have. The other a certificate and money to buy art materials.

I also studied part of my family tree from an inscription in a Sunday School prize book presented to an ancestor in 1812 . His name and address inside proved really helpful!

If this 'reward-for-doing-normal-things' culture is facilitated much more and the kiddies sense of entitlement grows accordingly, then they're in for an abrupt surprise when they land their first job.........

What has happened to the old values.You want something thing you work for it. Thank you ,well done was all the praise you were given . Modesty, pride in yourself ,kindness ,treating others as you want to be treated, not expecting to be given things . Hard work isn't a dirty word. Having a moral code you live by . Children to play with non electric toys . Having to use their imagination to play. Telling you child to wait . Not having everything now. What is so wrong with children doing chores we did them . Teaching your child to read and write ,numbers colours etc before starting school was what my parents did for my brother and me and I did it for my children with my husband. Teaching them to cook early ,tidy up their toys . Table manners .

May seem old fashioned but when a mother expects her child to have flowers after she narratives something has the world gone made .
I am glad my children are as old as they are. And now my grandsons by my daughter and son in law are being brought with old values.

I know nowadays discipline seems a dirty word to say. But if a child is told no them no it is.

Unfortunately there is period poverty in this country. But girls are told a code to get free period products . But having a period welcome products give me strength. Period cookies why ?
I know I didn't feel like celebrating when I had my first period it was agony . In those days it was Dr Whites and sanitary belt. 😱

If there was suddenly no mobile phones,internet and computers how many would cope? How many have to read text books from the library for information, write with pencil or pen ,mentally doing maths , learning to spell and use punctuation.

They we live in a modern society where everything is instant . But children and some adults need to learn they can't have things instantly. You want something you wait ,save your money and work hard for what you want and make sacrifices . You can't have everything now.

I treat people the way I want to be treated . I could be nasty if I wanted but to me it's a waste of energy. Even when I complain I am not nasty as the person you speak to isn't the who caused the problem . They hide in their offices and never see customers.

My views will probably seem old fashioned but I am glad I was brought up with values so were my children and grandsons are.

Don’t believe everything you read would be my best advice. Although I do agree the world has gone mad

Schools are struggling so much to provide the basics let alone frivolities like this
Whatever happened to «You did so well.»
«Thank you»
and don’t get me started on Period cookies
What do the parents do…the schools can’t do it all

keepingquiet

I knew someone who made welcome to womanhood period packs. I'm not sure they caught on- a pair of pants and some sanitary towels in a pretty box!

Not sure what to think really...

What has a lacy bra done?

Rather more tasteful than a fancy box of sanitary towels, or those biscuits!

I remember when I first started working for the NHS I earned £3 10s a week. The 10 shillings went to my Mum for my keep, and I was "encouraged" to give them £1 a week which went into a building society account for me. So when I saw a jumper in a shop window for £5 I had to save up for it. There was much fretting and looking in the shop window to make sure that it was still there, until eventually I bought it. I did so love that jumper.

It seems to be adults who are the instigators in all these trends. Their cherubs can do no wrong, it's always someone else at fault. And, they seem to go out of their way to seek attention eg flowers for child at school, period cakes. It seems it's the adult parent generation who are eirse than the young folk at the moment.

I agree with all of you. Whiff, l am with you over “celebrating” the first period. I would have been mortified. Thankfully, I started mine at the age of fourteen in 1979 when the attitude was very much that it was a normal thing that happened to all women but not something to be broadcast. We had moved on, mostly, from Dr. White’s and a belt to stick ons, but they were still the size of a brick so only a marginal improvement. I put this in the same category as baby showers and gender reveal parties - totally unnecessary and complete nonsense and a waste of money and time.

Some people just bored and plain stupid.

My AC are all in their 40s so never have this American nonesence thank goodness.
My worry is for the parents who can just about make ends meet without having the pressure of making sure their daughters dont feel excluded.

I have read on FB dresses costing up to £1000 not to mention salon costs.

Yes the world has gone crazy.

There are nutters as parents sadly / the worst thing is when people pander to their nuttiness.

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Is not just doing what you're told-to-do/taught-to-do at school not good enough?

The cookies are gross! As for the bouquet? 🤣. I'm a retired teacher..some parents think their kids are 'special' to everyone! As for the 'Furries' that's what they're called....🤣🤣🤣 Google them Again parents indulging their kids ridiculous fantasies! World has gone mad!

Indeed the world has gone totally mad. People lack basic common sense and intelligence. I truly, truly despair. Just when you think things can’t get any worse it gets worse.

Different "from" please.

When I was at school being asked to read something in assembly would have been reward in itself. I'm reminded of the episode of Outnumbered when Karen was called into the Headmistresses office "I expect you got lots of gold stars at primary school didn't you? They give you a gold star just for breathing don't they?"