Younger generations
By PrincessREL
@PrincessREL (339)
January 21, 2019 5:58pm CST
So my stepson is turning 12 in a couple of weeks and hes been wanting to go to this place called Sky Zone (a trampoline park) which sounds fun even to me ( im 29) but especially for an almost 12 year old.
So yesterday he tells me and his dad that he had changed his mind on what he wants for his birthday. He tells us that he wants Jordans (expensive shoes) instead because he "wants to step up his shoe game"
What in the world?? What is wrong with his generation??? Step up his shoe game?? Um okay...?
To me this sounds absolutely ridiculous. Especially choosing that over a trampoline park. When i was 12 there is no way i would have chosen new shoes over a trampoline park.
Kids these days.......
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@hillhjill (23717)
• United States
22 Jan 19
These kids today are something else, shoe game really..I would most definitely want to go to the park lol and be the big kid that I am today.
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@hillhjill (23717)
• United States
22 Jan 19
@PrincessREL lol, he is growing up to fast.
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@PrincessREL (339)
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22 Jan 19
Exactly!!! I want to go to the park too lol but the 12 year old doesnt want to? Something is wrong with that lol
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
22 Jan 19
@PrincessREL Kids see things a whole different way though. They aren't always about family time and memories.
@PrincessREL (339)
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22 Jan 19
Thats exactly what i told him and i also said going to the trampoline park will give us family memories but expensive shoes are just a materialistic thing that you want to show off so they dont have as much meaning as spending time with your family
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
22 Jan 19
when i read age 12 and trampoline park it make me smile that there are kids still being kids. i wonder what made him change his mind? peer pressure? what if his shoe size changes in a year?
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@PrincessREL (339)
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22 Jan 19
Exactly. I even mentioned to him about his shoe size changing. And i definitely think it was peer pressure. That age is all about fitting in, which is sad. Caring about what people think is too stressful but most of us dont learn that til later in life
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@just4him (317241)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
22 Jan 19
@PrincessREL That's good. I hope he listens.
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@PrincessREL (339)
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22 Jan 19
They probably do. But we have been trying to teach him that if he has to have certain things to attract friends then they are not really friends
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@PrincessREL (339)
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22 Jan 19
Thank you! Its definitely challenging, especially since i had made the decision to not have kids a long time ago but ive been in his life since he was 8 and his mom is completely out of the picture so he kinda needs me
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
22 Jan 19
@PrincessREL I am sure you are doing a great job.
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@wolfgirl569 (108166)
• Marion, Ohio
22 Jan 19
Ok, what is a shoe game? I want to go to the park.
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@PrincessREL (339)
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22 Jan 19
Thats what i said to him. I was like "shoe game???" What in the world? Lol
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