Generation Assassination

As I sit and type tonight, I am amazed at what this latest generation has "generated." As my husband searches for a new job to replace the old on that he was so undeservedly "downsized" out of... I am pondering if maybe our Governor may be looking for an escort... I have heard that the hours are short and the pay is ENORMOUS. What in the world is happening to our society, our morals... and our kids? I remember when we were kids; it was always "Momma", "DIDDY" (maybe that one is a little strange, but I "AM" a southerner). I know that when we were even in our teens, the names for them remained the same . My kids started out with 'Mommy", and my middle son called me by my first name for a while... and for some unknown reason he switched to calling me "Mother." Now I am just "Mom"...something kids in the south NEVER called their parents when I was young. I guess you Yankees infiltrated our kid's mind's when we weren't looking, or were drinking sweet tea and watching "wraslin" on Ted Turner's WTBS. Now ; in today's times... it is "Can I have $20 for blockbuster"? or "Can I have $20 for the movies"? When I was a kid, a movie cost $1.35.... Does that show my age, or WHAT? And Blockbuster? That is what we called "The Sound of Music" or "Jaws." The most technological thing we had in our house was from Atari... "PONG." It was in black and white, and it was a simple game of ping pong played by two players that were ABSOLUTELY mesmerized by the straight paddles, and the little "noise" it made when you hit the floating ball. How much greater could it get than the seventies? We thought that we had reached an APEX.. we were almost "Martians". And then the rocket took flight... Technology has even astounded me, taken two of my kids to catch me up to date; and by next year I will probably have to have a daily tutor just to be able to keep up with all the 'TEXTS" "FORWARDS" "ATTACHMENTS" and lingo that is encompassing this Planet like a toxic cloud. I will admit that the new age of "cyberspace" is fascinating... used in the correct way. But what worries me is the smut, the entrapments, and the ....shall I use a "new" word?... SPAM , that is out there, floating from computer to computer, email to email, cell phone to cell phone, is at the least... terrifying for the mother of two teens. Once someone has access to your computer, email, MySpace, or even cell phone.... the BOMBS start to drop, and unfortunately, sometime the consequences are not only bad, but deadly . My kids all think that I am a freak about their welfare.... But that does not bother me in the least. Their safety, health and well being is a small price to pay for them thinking that I am an idiot... I always thought my mother was an idiot... until I watched her leave this life right in front of my eyes, with no warning. She has since become my champion, my Saviour, and the sole reason that I am half the Mother to my kids , that she was to me. I will always worry about my kids(much to their chagrin) but much to my relief. It is SUCH a different world... the times are changing so rapidly and often, that if I did not work with twenty year olds six days a week.. I would be left in the "cyber" dust, and clueless.. as many of the parents of teens and tweens are today. I will continue my CONSTANT watch of what my kids are doing on the internet, cell phone, and Myspace. They may hate me for it now; and I can live with that. What I "CAN'T" live with is losing them, or having them hurt by this totally overwhelming, all too easy to evade life that kids live today, without any worries of tomorrow . But that is what I am here for ... to not only make them seem like I am making their life miserable.. but just to make SURE "THERE IS A TOMORROW." They may hate me for my "checks and balances" of their life... but I am just grateful EVERY DAY when I see them walk through the door. I can live with that.. I don't know if I could live without them. Till next time... COTTON