[HPforGrownups] Re: Teenagers, sex and culture

[Michelle Apostolides]

No: HPFGUIDX 8129

>
> However, I used the above argument already with the kids... before I
> mentioned the fact that magical kids had to control their emotions,
> etc. I *did* say that the UK is emphatically *not* the US.  "These
> aren't American kids in an American book, you guys!  They don't think
> like you!  Give them a break!"
>
> If I recall correctly, this is when the space alien comment was made.
>
Ebony, please do not take what I have to say as a slight on you and
every other American.

But you yourself have said that you don't know much about other cultures
and, let's face it, how many American kids will have had the opportunity
to experience what life over here is like ? Even if they have been to
the UK, it's usually not possible to understand any culture unless you
live in it for  some considerable period of time. Don't forget that most
kids think they know it all ( Whether they do or not is entirely another
matter ).

Naama has a good point and one that has played on my mind quite a bit
when thinking about our discussions.

Michelle