::]"Don't You Forget About Me..."[::

So I actually woke up pretty early this morning and decided to sit and watch some Oprah. My pops made me a cup of coffee and I watched an episode about teenagers these days. I cannot believe the kinda stuff these kids have to go through in high school or junior high for that matter. Stuff that would not have even crossed my mind while I was in school. But ultimately it comes down to what these kids need. I don't' think that will ever change. Kids need attention. They need time. They need to *hear* you say, " I love you." They need to hear praise as well as criticism.

This reminded me of a scene from The Breakfast Club:

ANDREW
Okay, fine...but I didn't dump my
purse out on the couch and invite
people into my problems...Did I?
So what's wrong? What is it? Is
is bad? Real bad? Parents?
Allison is silently crying.
ALLISON
Yeah...
Andrew nods.
ANDREW
What do they do to you?
ALLISON
They ignore me...
ANDREW
Yeah...yeah...
They both are crying silently.

Things are going nicely with me and Pops. I can't say that things are perfect but for instance, I certainly didn't tell him what's happened in this last week but he seems to know. We've definitely talked more than we have in a while...