80's Baby

I was born in 1978, so I would say I was a child of the 80's. I grew up with my family struggling with money because the economy was in a recession and my father was out of work in the winter. This is similar to the current decade because the economy has taken a bad fall and so many people have lost their homes and vehicles because they cannot afford them. Times were tough in the 80's and are tough again today. It seems like in the 80's home life was more family oriented with family dinners and families spending time together. Now it seems as though society is driven more by the selfish, what do I get out of it, attitude that pulls the focus away from the family and puts in on the individual.

A current societal trend is the need for young girls to look older. I see middle school girls walking to school and have to do a double-take because they are dressed like adult women about to go to the night club. On a few occasion I have seen girls that looked like prostitutes. Where are our school dress codes? I think the need for girls to look older will and does have a negative impact on child development because it is forcing our children to sprint out of their childhood and deny their innocence in an attempt to fit in with their peers.