This week it’s Gen X’s turn: so any readers out there who are roughly between ages 29 and 45 – what are the important money issues in your life?I suppose this is a cultural difference since it seems as though United States parents encourage childhood obesity and diabetes.
In terms of parenting (getting the “Mum” part of “Money” in there), according to University of Southern Queensland education lecturer Alice Brown, you’re likely to be a “Fear Generation”. “This climate of fear is concerned for children becoming obese, fears of skin cancer, fears of children drowning, fears of children getting diabetes,” she says. “As a consequence of their fears, many Generation Z children are finding themselves indoors with limited opportunities for play, fun or physical activity.”
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Fear Generation?
From our buds in Australia:
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Limited opportunities for play?? Seems like they all have Nintendos and Wii's and X-boxes. Which, of course is in between updating their MySpace page and their Twitter postings.
I don't know when they have a free hand to shove all this fattening food in their face.
No doubt! All kids of every gen eat junk, but you have to go outside and burn those calories.
a friend of mine might write a guest post about this for my blog...he needs to!
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