This is so fucking shit for young people

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Yeah i know its shit for everyone before you pounce on me

But imagine being around 20 just now...no pubs, no nightclubs, no jobs around, no buzz in your town centre, no excuse to dress up in something new, or planning your latest night out, meeting your pals and all the excitement of the night ahead.

Its just so fucking shite.

I got the train home tonight from work, Glasgow city centre is a ghost town. Places that were always busy boarded up, of course everything except like of newsagents and tesco's shut. Its Friday night. It was always jumping when i was young, absolutely jumping. It was dead. On the train was a bunch if young boys, playing music a bit too loud, all singing along....going home from the city centre at 6pm!!!!. I could have cried watching them all, a nice sunny evening and the only place they are heading was back to mum and dads, or a local park maybe, i dont know. They were about 18, casual dressed, haircuts, all wanting a good time with their pals and probably hoping to meet a partner if they were single.

Where is the life for these kids???

This has gone on long enough. I dont care if i never see inside a pub again. I've had a brilliant social life at that age. Now they have fuck all.

Its too much.

[quote cyclingmad]@needadvice54321

If you read the thread you will some young people who have commented and its ot to say they've enjoyed themselves its to say that going out drinking etc doesn't bother them as much as it seems to bother parents who think they are missing out on their best yrs cos they cant go drinking, clubbing etc[/quote]
Cycling

I have read the whole thread, and posted on it myself.

My comment to you was in response to you basically saying parents coming on here saying their children have had it tough etc are wrong as young people have said otherwise. Said otherwise according to their parents.... ?

Is it only ok for parents to comment who have the same opinion as you?

I believe you are claiming that the negative parents are being over dramatic, how do you know the parents who are being positive aren't playing it down?

I'll repeat as I said upthread, I think this past year has been horrid for most people in some way or another. Some worst than others. Everyone, whatever your age, is entitled to an opinion on how it's made them feel. What's important to one person, may not be important to another, and so what?

My children are very different. I could have posted on here as the two opposite parents.
DS1 is very extroverted, he's the one who I've spoken about up thread - left school last year etc , was hoping to have a driving lesson on his birthday (the audacity of that). Due to our location he spent Nov- Mar not seeing any of his friends. He's hated it, it's been terrible for him - I'm not going to be ashamed to say that.

DS2 is the total opposite, he's very introverted. Has loved home schooling, couldn't give a monkeys that his after school clubs all cancelled as it's less socialising for him to do etc. This lockdown I don't feel has been good for him , but he's been very happy.

Maybe I should have only posted about DS2..

Er @Rufusthebadgeringreindeer....OP made it clear as you can in this quote of theirs that this thread is discussion of those young people young people who do socialise and drink...I dont see OP specifically saying education here.

Threads like conversations move on

Most posters appear to be talking about all sorts of concerns about young people but obviously now I understand that you just want to specifically talk about young people who want to go out clubbing

I think the issue is more rounded than that, but obviously thats not up for debate on this particular thread