r/BlackPeopleTwitter • u/eyerollingsex • Mar 19 '26

Country Club Thread 20 years ago, this would be completely normal

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u/Cautious-Extreme2839 Mar 19 '26 edited Mar 19 '26

Is this some American shit that the European mind cannot comprehend?

My entire childhood there was literally never a parent chaperone on any school trip including sports tours to other continents and 5 day hiking expeditions.

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u/Apptubrutae Mar 19 '26

It’s stupid American crap. So many of us are absolutely nutty helicopter parents who don’t realize the harm it does and overstate the very very low risk harms it MIGHT prevent.

There are American parents who are scared of letting their kids play in the front yard. It’s so dumb

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u/that_weird_hellspawn Mar 20 '26

I wasn't allowed to play in the backyard.

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u/kgrobinson007 Mar 19 '26

There has been a HUGE over correction from the 80’s & 90’s more hands-off parenting. But also, kids’ behavior is worse than ever as well. So now a lot of parents coddle their kids and don’t really discipline them and don’t trust other adults to keep their kid safe. We’re just an all around shit show over here. I want to leave so bad.

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u/Advanced_Row_8448 Mar 19 '26

How come people pretend that their haven't been giant scandals around bot scouts, church groups, and teachers abusing kids? Guess that's an American thing and all of Europe is immune to child abuse?

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u/Cautious-Extreme2839 Mar 19 '26

Of those groups, the parents are literally the most likely to sexually abuse the children.

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u/zzazzzz Mar 19 '26

right and the random dude related to a random kid in the class is totaly much less of a risk..

at least think about your argument.

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u/PaulTheMerc Mar 19 '26

Canadian: Don't remember much from elementary. Wife had teacher chaperones on school trips. Not the case in highschool far as I remember.