I'm turning into grandma

Grandmothers are often known to say: "When I was a kid ...". And everyone who heard it at least 2 times, hates it. Me too. Because time doesn't stand still.
And yet, sometimes I forget about that, and I just into grandma.
Youth nowadays scares me, even though I don't know whether the youth is in this case, the appropriate term. Sometimes it is hard to distinguish 12-year-old from 16-year-olds.
I don't know if it scares, or saddens me that sometimes when I go somewhere by tram, I see this kids, 11/12/13 years old, with phones which I don't even dreamed of at age of 13. Even now, when I'm almost 18, I don't have an iPhone, as some of this kids.
The same with Facebook. Children that I used to babysit, now post photos with unambiguous poses, with duck faces. They write about drunkenness, parties and how hard life is. This is weird.
When I was a kid... I had a computer, yes. But it was used only in the cold, unpleasant evenings, just to play Tomb Raider with my sister. Situations like this happened so rarely. Why? Beeecause there was 1000 other, much better things to do. You know, like going out to play, spending all your time with your friends, without thinking about how many likes your last photo got.
Generally, I feel that nowadays, there are no children. The first day of school changes everything. Even if you're still playing with Barbie dolls at home, at school you must submit to the fashion which prevails there. And at the same time you need to understand that in public, you can't be a kid anymore. Although, it's not being a teen yet... So what then?
Well, I simply wonder if I'm already talking like my own grandmother, how annoying will I be when I actually will be a grandmother? Do I even want have children or grandchildren, knowing what society can do with them..?
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