DEAR News Of The Area,
TODAY’S young people forget that their parents’ home cost a lot less, but then so were their wages.
You saved for the things you needed, let alone wanted, since credit cards didn’t exist.
You ate less, ran around more and read books because that was your entertainment, and fat people were few and far between.
Most of us didn’t know people who used drugs, apart from Bex and Asprin, though we did know a few people who drank a bit too much before the pubs shut at 6pm.
We didn’t carry knives or guns, and used restraint in risky situations.
We didn’t holiday abroad several times a year and we paid for our parents’ funerals when they died.
Today’s young seem to expect everything NOW, while dumping jobs, going on the dole and holding up the servo in the middle of the night.
I’m glad I’m not them.
Regards,
Dawn LEWIS,
Bellingen Shire.
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