So long Toys R Us. The retail apacolypse

[PHC1]

Today's kids. Let's see, ADHD diagnosis up 3-5% year after year. Diabetes up 3-5% year after year. 33% of kids are overweight, 28% considered "obese". Millions of kids are on serious prescription drugs for behavioral problems and depression. They do not connect...

Kids are a responsibility and product of parenting. The parents instill what kids do and do not connect with and certainly what they ingest both food and prescription drug wise. Sadly many parents these days are too "busy" to instill healthy eating habits and promote a normal and active lifestyle for kids. So much simpler to give them processed cereals loaded with sugar, candy, soda pop, let them play video games all day long, watch them throw temper tantrums, bounce off the walls and then medicate them to ease the symptoms of an irresponsible parenting syndrome. Rant over.

[cma29]

Part of the reason Toys R Us went bankrupt was because private equity did a leveraged buyout of the firm a few years ago and loaded the firm up with debt that the business model's cash flow could not support.

[Catcher10]

Originally Posted by PHC1

Today's kids. Let's see, ADHD diagnosis up 3-5% year after year. Diabetes up 3-5% year after year. 33% of kids are overweight, 28% considered "obese". Millions of kids are on serious prescription drugs for behavioral problems and depression. They do not connect...

Kids are a responsibility and product of parenting. The parents instill what kids do and do not connect with and certainly what they ingest both food and prescription drug wise. Sadly many parents these days are too "busy" to instill healthy eating habits and promote a normal and active lifestyle for kids. So much simpler to give them processed cereals loaded with sugar, candy, soda pop, let them play video games all day long, watch them throw temper tantrums, bounce off the walls and then medicate them to ease the symptoms of an irresponsible parenting syndrome. Rant over.

I don't think it is a rant, it's the state of "Today's Kids". Porcupine Tree wrote a song about it in 2007 called Fear Of A Blank Planet.

[PHC1]

Originally Posted by Catcher10

I don't think it is a rant, it's the state of "Today's Kids". Porcupine Tree wrote a song about it in 2007 called Fear Of A Blank Planet.

Will check it out, not familiar with that one.

[Mikado463]

when I was a kid it was WT Grant, Woolworth and Kresge. Of course the real prize was the Sears Christmas catalog.

My grandkids seem to favor Target

[Karl Maga]

Originally Posted by Mikado463

when I was a kid it was WT Grant, Woolworth and Kresge. Of course the real prize was the Sears Christmas catalog.

My grandkids seem to favor Target

You brought back some memories with this comment: hours upon hours of looking at the Sears Christmas catalogue, daydreaming about what toys to ask Santa for. And Woolworths, I used to buy vinyl albums there for a dollar! I still have some, of them, they have a little notch cut out near the top corner. I discovered some excellent deep tracks on those albums. Wow!

[joey_v]

Well I’m bringing my kids to toys r us today

I’m gonna make sure they connect

[PHC1]

Sad that the future generations may not even know what this feels like. Staring at the computer screen is just not the same.

[W9TR]

We have an independent toy store in our town. Great selection of unique toys and games. You bet we support them!

Toys R Us has seemed to be going out of business for the past 10 years. They finally made it.

My kids preferred to go to Target - they seemed to have cooler stuff.

[godwinaj]

Originally Posted by Catcher10

I don't think it is a rant, it's the state of "Today's Kids". Porcupine Tree wrote a song about it in 2007 called Fear Of A Blank Planet.

I freaking love that album!!! I've never seen it on vinyl! Did you find it online?