ValiantDust

They are if you don't make them obese.

I'm not exactly young anymore and things have sure changed a lot since I learned my way around a computer. But here are the things I remember being fun for me back then:

• Drawing around in paint (you already have that covered)

• Creating presentations. Maybe like: Make a presentation about your favourite topic. This might involve collecting pictures either from the internet or getting them from a camera / phone on the laptop.

• Playing some games (in my case pinball, but that's definitely not very up to date). You can learn quite a bit about clicking through menus etc from playing games.

Something else that would be important to learn early is created folders and keeping some sort of system with your files. I struggle to come up with a fun way to teach that though. Maybe someone else has a good idea?

Ich als Frau liebe Nachtspaziergänge und es macht mich so unendlich traurig, dass ich nicht einfach spontan alleine loslaufen kann, ohne die ganze Zeit innerlich angespannt zu sein. Zur Zeit ist es wieder schlimmer, weil mir vor ein paar Wochen ein Auto hinterher gefahren ist (wollten mich nur aus dem Auto raus anbellen, super witzige Aktion, war es absolut wert mit Todesangst einzujagen).

Ich frage mich immer, wie frei sich das wohl anfühlt.

Wir haben mit gutem Grund hohe Hürden und ob die AfD die überschreitet, kann ich nicht mit absoluter Sicherheit sagen. Aber man sollte es dringend mal überprüfen und nicht einfach nur Däumchen drehen. Es ist ein Unding, dass ein erstes Gutachten dazu durch Spenden finanziert werden musste, weil einfach nichts passiert.

Wenn rauskommt, dass es nicht für ein Verbot reicht, dann akzeptiere ich das. Aber die Frage stellen ist lange überfällig.

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Well, "misery still delights to trace its semblance in another's case."

I know that I grew up in a very privileged bubble and I get that not everyone is in a position to financially support their children through university (the inadequate support through Bafög, mentioned in other comments here, in Germany is a whole other topic).

My point is more that almost every family I know, even the less privileged ones, did what they could to help their children. Even if there is not much you can give that's the complete opposite of cutting them off as soon as they finish school.

Ich bin in den 90ern geboren und musste mit der Zeit erkennen, dass die Mehrheit meiner Altersgenossen mindestens einmal in ihrem Leben von ihren Eltern geschlagen wurden, einige regelmäßig. Diese Erkenntnis schockiert mich bis heute, weil sowas in meiner Familie unvorstellbar war und ich mit der absoluten Gewissheit aufgewachsen bin, dass das normal ist.

Agreed, I don't know what the other commenter is talking about. Apparently we live in completely different bubbles. In my experience, it's the norm to receive at least some support by the parents through university or young adulthood. Not only that, parents are legally required to support their children until they have finished their education, which includes university or vocational training (it's a bit more complicated than that, age plays a role and whether you drop out and start again, but the point still stands).

Many people I know lived with their parents, temporarily or completely, well after 20. Some got cars from their family, some got furniture or appliances.

Enjoy my late teenage years and early twenties without crippling self-doubts and lack of confidence. God, those years could have been so damn great if I hadn't stood in my own way so much. To have thirties' confidence with teenage and twenties' opportunities and freedoms...

Fr, I think Dirk Diggler just called me not fully human. I didn't need that today.

Not faking reactions or emotions. That doesn't necessarily mean showing every emotion you have in it's full force. Just to not pretend to have different emotions than you actually have.

And yes, that means people can be genuine assholes.