SS 67 Doleful Symphony - Page 95

And...life comes a full circle 😃

causing the first sign of cracks in the Tan-R&B relationship

Oh no ... 😭

Why cracks in the relationship. Everyone have different views on same subject if rb not there yet where he will let his daughter date and tan is already there so what's the problem.

" Nivi and Lasya sat in a far corner slouched over a tablet, giggling
Lasya had a boyfriend now
Nandu had been dating just before he completed high school"

This is a common scene in almost every home slouched over a Tablet today. More than who said what to whom and were they in their limits or crossed lines in its sensitivity It's more about Dating scene as a new norm in our culture ...well!! I can write realms on it and still I'm sure I would be contradicting myself many times over only because I would like to tag myself and my generation of fellow parents to teens and tweens between 2007 and 2030 as FIRST GENERATION PARENTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA COUNTER CULTURE ... a NEW CLASSIFICATION Just like how generations are classified as baby bloomers ... millennials, Generation X or even First / second / third / fourth generation immigrants. I chuckle at this tag I give to myself .

I always argue with my mother saying that when we were growing up she only had to contend with Tv as a technology or medium and when she was growing up my grand parents with no Tv not even that... only had to contend with their teens tantrums as typical teen behavior . But now parents to teens have not only typical teen behavior of their teens to handle AS a GROWING UP PROCESS they also have SOCIAL MEDIA AS THEIR TWEEN TO CONTEND WITH in its GROWING UP PROCESS. A lot of unlearning is required as parents to learn all on our own with no experience as BACK UP
PLAN to Navigate our teens as first gen parents of this counter culture.

Social media than it being a technology is more a counter culture today redefining accepted norms and outlook of main stream cultures and sub cultures. This Colossus has risen cutting across cultures when we have reached a time and stage where there's very little that distinguishes western and Asian cultures societal norms and traditions. Dating is a common scene in western culture and traditions like homecoming or prom have parental acceptance as it's gateway and now with the exposure technology is providing as a network to children there is only going to be one main stream culture redefined by social media as its norm soon.

Today a teen , tween and youth whichever part of the world they are from wants social acceptance to dating and online dating not just from their parents but also society . It's taken for granted more . And this acceptance is soon going to be an universal fact if not a norm.

Sorry people that post was more an outpouring of a roaring argument between me and my mother just this last Sunday in full presence of my father and my mother in law on a similar topic. My Neighbour celebrated her teens sixteenth bday by waking her daughter up to a huge decoration across her yard which was very appealing. A casual convo over coffee on 16 and the unofficial/ official license to freedom and independence at 16 here with my mother followed ... don't know when it became about teens, freedom and social media .My father and my mother in law were playing judge and peace drivers . Thankfully my teen and her dad were out for her Sunday morn drive Practice lesson. Small mercies.

This belter of an update from Nisha and the argument I had triggered this post.

Present update after a long while 😊 thank you Nisha

Originally posted by: swa6

Present update after a long while 😊 thank you Nisha

Originally posted by: moonwearer

You are present on the thread after a long while...good to see you here.