Teach your children well
I haven’t watched the show in years, because it triggers my trivial fever. However, we have been get some sort of streamed media version, devoid of commercials. Today, the opening clue offered a reference to the parent of the answer, along with a number associated with area. I knew the response, because of when I live. Odds are that none of the target audience had any idea.
In my ongoing effort to pre-learn all there is to know about life on the road, I’ve been watching RV videos. Today, how to get a place for the night without reservations. The answer, apparently, is just to show up. Good advice, if you tend to like life on the edge. Confession: I’ve been there.
One of my extended family dropped a hint on social media, that next year the distance to go to (get empty bottles for a “drive” could be reduced. Is this the first clue that an address change is coming?
And now, let’s turn our attention to social values. Or the lack thereof; your mileage may vary. Anyhow, an old friend pointed out a troubling tendency. Parents are busy. Schools are busy. Forget the usual methods of “teach your children well”. There has been an abdication, and we’re raising a new society that gets its social savvy from “Paw Patrol”. There’s I’ve said it, without watching a single episode. The next time someone references the program, I will listen, attentively. If we have a new path to success, I want to watch all the reruns. Imagine if all we really need is a cartoon with content. Bugs Bunny, you had your chance.
