I just wrote an article about Bakugan the anime action adventure series. It reminded me of when my kids were growing up and how times have changed. Now (according to a forum I saw recently), and much to the consternation of some moms, their little tykes are running through their homes shouting the battle cry, "Bakugan Battle. BRAWL!"
Back when one of our little tykes (the one who is now past the mid-point of his life) strutted thru the house with a raccoon cap on his head, he proudly sang "Davy, Davy Crockett, king of the wild frontier." He did carry a handmade wooden rifle over his shoulder in case he came upon a bear backthen. (We were living on a military base in Fairbanks, Alaska then, too; I felt quite protected.) So things haven't changed too much in that regard; but, they sure have in the types of heroes, vocabulary, and styles, etc . . .
. . . and the hairdos. Now (actually a couple years ago) at a family function a teenage relative showed up with a spiked "do" and another time the same teenager was in "Goth." Then, I thought, "Oh my gosh, she's gone over to the dark side. Not so. She was and is a lovely young lady, an excellent student from a fine family, and headed for college in the fall.
Fooled you, didn't I, Dear Diary? I bet you thought I was talking about a male student, smoking funny stuff, skipping class and flunking out of school. I think that's called stereo-typing. That's a no-no. ^.^
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