Strikes me that we have adults trying to cast children's childhoods in terms of what theirs was.

Childhood for today means mobile phones and social media. It doesn't mean playing dress up or jump rope ....

We Are Old

@Geri I’ve had this in my bookmarks for years. Keep going back to the first couple of paragraphs when I feel a grumble about yoof coming on. https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/mark-steel/mark-steel-the-youth-of-today-8211-they-just-don-8217-t-show-no-disrespect-1624833.html
Mark Steel: The youth of today – they just don’t show no disrespect | The Independent

What is striking is that university officials are now backing down

The Independent
@BenCotterill lool Mark Steele is excellent piss taker xx
@Geri The “Thing” I did. Climbed the local TV mast with a load of firework rockets and a drainpipe. Set them off from our shoulders like firing bazookas.
@BenCotterill awesome have you video
@Geri Nah couldnt afford a camcorder :(