Problem child

[Motu]

I have a bit of a problem with my 11 yr son that has me a somewhat worried - he's started wearing Roman sandals...with socks!!! I've taken him aside for a quiet little word,like,it's not the done thing to be seen doing this in public,but he takes no notice and continues to wear them.I don't want to get too heavy on this - I'd hate to find that later in life he became a serial killer,and through hypnotic regression it was all traced back to his father destroying his Roman sandals with the lawnmower.What can I do...I try to set a good example by wearing my work boots at all times...I just don't know where this behavior comes from,none of my other kids have been like this.Sensable replies only please,this is not a joke,my reputation is at stake!

[moko]

If I were you Motu I`d hope he did become a serial killer,better to be remembered for that than for being "the kid with the Roman Sandals".I suppose someone`s got to wear the silly clothes in N.Z. now the American Tourists are scared to fly.

[Antallica]

Sounds like the kid needs to play a contact sport, what does he watch on TV? There's some weird shit on the tube these days. Glad I'm not his age right about now.

When I began secondary school I noticed the newer generations were getting somewhat... gayer.

[scumdog]

I have a bit of a problem with my 11 yr son that has me a somewhat worried - he's started wearing Roman sandals...with socks!!! I've taken him aside for a quiet little word,like,it's not the done thing to be seen doing this in public,but he takes no notice and continues to wear them.I don't want to get too heavy on this - I'd hate to find that later in life he became a serial killer,and through hypnotic regression it was all traced back to his father destroying his Roman sandals with the lawnmower.What can I do...I try to set a good example by wearing my work boots at all times...I just don't know where this behavior comes from,none of my other kids have been like this.Sensable replies only please,this is not a joke,my reputation is at stake!

Don't riot over it, good chance it's just a passing whim, peer pressure will also change his mind more than a ranting old-man.

If it's not then the kids cool, he's doing his own thing, he's his own man, be proud of him in this age of "look at me, I'm an individual with my baseball hat, baggy sweat-shirt, puffy jacket, arse-dragging pants with frayed hems and so low at my arse that I have to wear boxers AND jocks, and my extra large sneakers with laces that i never undo, it all makes me an individual like the other 50,000 kids dressed just like that"

[Firefight]

I have a bit of a problem with my 11 yr son that has me a somewhat worried - he's started wearing Roman sandals...with socks!!! I've taken him aside for a quiet little word,like,it's not the done thing to be seen doing this in public,but he takes no notice and continues to wear them.I don't want to get too heavy on this - I'd hate to find that later in life he became a serial killer,and through hypnotic regression it was all traced back to his father destroying his Roman sandals with the lawnmower.What can I do...I try to set a good example by wearing my work boots at all times...I just don't know where this behavior comes from,none of my other kids have been like this.Sensable replies only please,this is not a joke,my reputation is at stake!

Yes Motu, I can see this as a real problem !, With a dress sense like that he can only be destined for a future working on the counter at the local council.

Mind you , that could have some benifit when it comes time to rego your dog or grabbing a building permit or whatever.


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[merv]

Sounds like he's on his way to getting a PhD. Just behaving retro I guess.

I used to marvel at the lecturers I had in the 70's - one was dressed in his sandals all the time and always with odd socks - I guess whatever he found hanging on the floor each morning when he got up.

[riffer]

This may be hard to believe Motu, but at the moment, Roman Sandals are about the coolest footwear that can be found at school.

All the kids seem to want them.

Bizarre. When I was his age (1978) they were definitely uncool.

[Magua]

When I began secondary school I noticed the newer generations were getting somewhat... gayer.

Gay, that's one way to put it. They are mostly wiggas and hoes now. Standards went straight out the window.

[Paul in NZ]

Our kids could not believe this when we moved from the south island to the north...

Kids wore roman sandals.. The cheap ones..... AND they were cool!!

It took a week before they HAD to have a pair....

I still think it's odd but then again I do ride an old Moto Guzzi....

[KATWYN]

Nothing wrong with that. He is only telling you that
"one day dad, i'm gunna be a maths or science teacher"

[Motu]

Thanks guys,that's what I need to hear,my boy's being an individual.As home schoolers my kids are out of the loop as far as peer presure,fads and trends go,so he's just doing something out of his own ideas.He probably found them in a cupboard,unworn by his sisters who wouldn't be seen dead in them.He's a bit of a geek,hence the socks I guess.So as I go out on the streets with my boy wearing sandals and socks,some other kids are most likely jealous,wishing they had the guts not to be part of the herd.He's cool.

[Oscar]

Dad's a trials rider.
No more to be said really...

[6Chris6]

Gay They are mostly wiggas .

This is a real pet hate of mine, but then i am living in wigga central s
Think yourself lucky Motu he's not one of these!

[riffer]

This is a real pet hate of mine, but then i am living in wigga central s
Think yourself lucky Motu he's not one of these!

Ah man I must be getting old... what's a wigga?

[Mongoose]

Read you question, went away and thought about it. Came back and readit again and I am still trying to work out what the problem is. So he dont dress like the old man, crickey that covers damn near ALL kids. Who would want to be taken as being the same as that old fart anyway?