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Post by goodnight on Jul 7, 2012 18:58:11 GMT -5
My 12 year old neice saw me watching the episode The Foundling and got interested in it. And last night she watched part of the one about Alvira Drummond. She said she likes Elizabeth and JohnnyBoy as she calls him.
It is usually hard to get her interested in new things, but when she does she usually gets into them all the way.
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Post by Brenda on Jul 7, 2012 22:02:53 GMT -5
I really think lots of young people would like the Waltons if they would just watch it. Have you seen some of the stuff kids watch on TV these days?
Keep up the good recruiting.
Brenda
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Post by cassie84 on Jul 8, 2012 7:36:26 GMT -5
I agree I think lots of younger people would like and watch the show if hey knew about it.
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Post by ForeverWaltons on Jul 8, 2012 11:18:28 GMT -5
My 16, 14, 12, 10, & 8 year old kids love to watch the Waltons & Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman. I'm sure in a couple of years my 4 year old will love it too!
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Post by goodnight on Jul 8, 2012 13:02:53 GMT -5
I really think lots of young people would like the Waltons if they would just watch it. Have you seen some of the stuff kids watch on TV these days? Keep up the good recruiting. Brenda I know, usually she watches things like SpongeBob and Phineas and Ferb and Fairly Oddparents and that stuff just sets my teeth on edge. I think the cartoons like Bugs Bunny and Roadrunner that were on when I was a kid were so much better and funnier. |
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Post by marylou01 on Jul 8, 2012 19:02:16 GMT -5
My neice loves SpongeBob but my sister can't stand it she says it gets on her nerves! While raising my nephew he loved SpongeBob & I did too, so does my grand daughter! I let the girls watch it when they're at our house! I have got them to watch some LHOTP b/c of the young kids on the show and a few episodes of the early Waltons.
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Post by wmfan/waltonsportwriter on Jul 10, 2012 21:32:58 GMT -5
How can we get young kids to watch the Waltons when they're mostly interested in The Internet, texting, video games and not playing outside? Most of us older than 30 viewers grew up watching the Waltons and some younger people have but I've always wondered what the attraction for them is because life is totally different now. Even in the 1970s and 80s we didnt have the electronic devices above, Interesting. waltonsportwriter
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Post by cassie84 on Jul 11, 2012 4:23:53 GMT -5
i am a bit younger but since i was younger i have always like to watch old tv shows as well as new
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Post by waltonfan1 on Jul 11, 2012 8:23:47 GMT -5
My niece is 13 and watches it faithfully. We went to the reunion last year and it was a highlight for her.
Mary (Erin) talked to her about crackle nailpolish and she was over the moon. I think if kids are subjected to it, they will watch it. Our generation has to make it available
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Post by Honeybee on Jul 11, 2012 16:24:44 GMT -5
My two nieces, will sometimes watch it. When, they come over to visit us.
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Post by Heather on Jul 13, 2012 12:31:04 GMT -5
If (and the "if" is getting bigger by the day!) I ever have kids, they will certainly be Waltons fans. 
It makes me very sad to see how different childhood is now from when I was a kiddo in the 80s. I rode my bike, had imaginary friends (that were horses), and my big brother was my best friend. If I needed to call home I'd use a payphone. And people actually talked instead of playing on their cells 24/7. I was very blessed to grow up when I did.
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Post by dfnmeows44 on Jul 29, 2012 13:03:47 GMT -5
Surprisingly I have found someone who has never heard of The Waltons--but the reason is self-explanatory as even though she was born in Fairfax,VA, she was born in 1983---two years after the Waltons last regular episode and was too young to see any of the reunions with the exception of the 1995
and 1997 reunions. She also does not have any cable system but looks up some TV programs on computer. I am not certain if Hallmark or GMC carries their programs on computer however.
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Post by JeriJet on Jul 30, 2012 10:59:45 GMT -5
If (and the "if" is getting bigger by the day!) I ever have kids, they will certainly be Waltons fans.
It makes me very sad to see how different childhood is now from when I was a kiddo in the 80s. I rode my bike, had imaginary friends (that were horses), and my big brother was my best friend. If I needed to call home I'd use a payphone. And people actually talked instead of playing on their cells 24/7. I was very blessed to grow up when I did. Dew, just imagine how you'd feel if you were my age..... hard for me to even "stand" how people who are your age grew up -- I feel like so much was wrong at THAT time !! Anyone who grew up beyond MY forties or fifties just can never understand..... That's the way it is with generations..... and probably always has been, always will be. Best always, The Old Fogey |
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Post by Brenda on Jul 30, 2012 13:06:41 GMT -5
I think one of the differences in kids these days is due to how parents are raising them, or rather, how they are allowing their kids to raise themselves. Parents are on the phone or the Internet and paying no attention to the kids. My sister was in a doctor's office a few days ago, and there was a young mother in the waiting room with a toddler, probably under the age of 2. The mother texted the entire time she was in the room, paying no attention to her child except to say things like "Stop that" or "Get down"or "Come here." The little boy would bring storybooks or toys to her, and instead of engaging him, the mother would just put him in a chair and have him play by himself while she continued to text. And I say this as I sit here on the Internet while babysitting my 5 year old grandson. I have spent some time with him today, though, reading books and working on his handwriting, trying to get him ready for kindergarten. I love technology, but I'm afraid it is replacing personal interaction with each other, and I am concerned about what kind of adults these kids are going to become. PS: We just watched an episode of The Waltons too.  |
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Post by ForeverWaltons on Jul 30, 2012 19:24:12 GMT -5
I just read an article on the internet yesterday about licensed teenage drivers. It said that teenagers getting their drivers license was down by 20% from just a few years ago. It said that teenagers would rather text, email. or interact in other ways...on the computer with their peers instead of getting in a car & meeting up with them face to face!!! HOW SAD IS THAT!!!!!!! I would much rather eat out, go bowling, go to a movie, go shopping, or anything....walking together, just sitting around talking to each other FACE to FACE than just doing it through technology. It's hard for a kid to learn empathy or sympathize with someone if you can't see their face. I think that's why so many kids are becoming so cold hearted & uncaring.....just selfish because they don't know what true feelings are. Most of them don't have to have a summer job or after school job because Mom & Dad give them what they want. Growing up my parents gave me my NEEDS, for the WANTS, I had to get summer jobs & through the school year babysitting jobs, raking leaves, etc.... I took my daughter, Jessica, to one of her friends birthday party the other day. Jessica's friend, Alice, called to see if Jessica was going & if so could she have a ride with us. I told her yes. We went & picked her up. Jessica & Alice immediately starting yelling..."I haven't seen you in forever!!! I told them school has only been out 2 months, it's not been forever. So what happens on the 30 minute drive to the party? Alice texts the whole time!! What happened on the ride back home? Alice wants to text the whole time! I told her I thought you said it had been forever since yall saw each other....why aren't yall talking to each other?  No, she & Jessica were not texting each other, Jessica doesn't have a cell phone. I thought it was very RUDE of her to not interact with Jessica & I (the two live humans right there with her). Jessica & Alice are NOT their real names! |
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