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A capsule from another time....

posted 14 years ago by parks8321
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Parts of Little Darlings remind me of The Bad News Bears: the public teen smoking, the public drinking of an adult at a summer camp, the teen sex, and the blurry lines drawn between grown-ups and children, in general. Nowadays, most of this would NEVER fly...

[–] Lisa_Rogers 14 years ago

Amen to that!

[–] sirtj228 14 years ago

Different times...Things seemed more simple back then....Today people seem to argue everything...And kids were 10x more mature, today kids are still babied well in their 20's

[–] Lisa_Rogers 14 years ago

Amen to that!!!

[–] LotusSlinger 13 years ago

-...Things seemed more simple back then-

Except they really weren't.

[–] G_man2 12 years ago

but they were. they really were.

[–] parks8321 11 years ago

They were better times. As "progressive" as things seem to be today, they are really not when it comes to raising children.

[–] blackknight273 9 years ago

The kids today are nannied to death by parents, schools, even cops.

[–] rascal67 8 years ago

It's all about control and justifying their positions of authority and keeping people down. The status quo remains intact that way.

Don't eat the whole ones! Those are for the guests. 🍪

[–] sage2112 9 years ago

We call that the good ol' days.