Paul Fairie

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Apr 17, 2023 • 24 tweets • 5 min read • Read on X

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A Brief History of Parents Today Are Controlled By Their Kids

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2017

There is a commercial on TV...

2004

"If I had to narrow it...

1999

Music, video games and tele...

1989

"This is the first gen...

1971

"It starts with self a...

1966

"A lot of children are...

1956

Sir Basil Henriques, Englis...

1944

"Juvenile delinquency ...

1941

READERS' VIEWS PARENTS RUL...

1935

In this topsy-turvy age whe...

1931

MODERN CHILDREN Should The...

1923

"But 20 years ago you ...

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It was the idea of the spea...

1912

"There's just as much ...

1907

SAYS CHILDREN RULE PARENTS ...

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LARRIKINISM TO THE EDITOR ...

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Children of Today Too Often...

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Boys are mighty smart now-a...

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On last Friday an old gentl...

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Indeed we have heard it rem...

1850

WHEN I WAS YOUNG BY BISHOP...

1845

That such a state of things...

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