No one has to be a parent these days. It takes a village now, remember?

 

I dont care for the term "parent" it really demeans the child and puts them almost in position of servitude or deferrance to the adult. Children should be raised to realize that all people are equal and that a human being's opinion is vitally important irrespective of age. Once we start to humanize children and adolescents it will open up a world of shared experiences with them that might otherwise be stifled by an outdated and arbitrary "cast" system within the family unit.

'cue..........maniacal laughter.........

 

I dont care for the term "parent" it really demeans the child and puts them almost in position of servitude or deferrance to the adult. Children should be raised to realize that all people are equal and that a human being's opinion is vitally important irrespective of age. Once we start to humanize children and adolescents it will open up a world of shared experiences with them that might otherwise be stifled by an outdated and arbitrary "cast" system within the family unit.

'cue..........maniacal laughter.........

I was within an inch of lowering the boom on your ass until I read the last line..... Good thing I held my fire....

 

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My parents spanked me as a child. As a result I now suffer from a psychological condition known as "Respect for Others."

 

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My parents spanked me as a child. As a result I now suffer from a psychological condition known as "Respect for Others."

I suffered the same treatment. Now, I am afflicted with "personal responsibility" and persistent cognitive recognition that all my choices have consequences, be they good or bad.

 

 

So my daughter plays soccer and we have a couple whose son is fourteen going on seventeen and his parents do nothing to teach him respect and good behavior. His sister plays with my daughter and we were at a game. He had his iPhone going and headphones on and would not watch his sister. His mom asked him if playing on his phone was more important than cheering his sister on? He said yes without as much as looking up. His mom turns to us, smiles and says "to each their own" and does nothing. So the game is not going well for our team and then he stands up and says he is going to the car because the team sucks a$$. Once again, his parents do nothing but he looks at me and I have rage in my eyes. The kind that makes my kids think seven times before saying another word. And he sinks back down to his chair.
His parents after the game tell me that he is strong willed. I am thinking that they limp wristed this kid all his life. I tell you, this affluenza virus had a simple cure. It is not hard to raise polite kids. But parents need to do their part.

 

On of the best things I have heard in a long time is my daughter heard something on TV, looked at my wife, and said; "That would never be allowed in this house." She was absolutely right. Made me smile.

My daughter played on a softball team last spring where several of the girls would backtalk and be disrespectful to the coach. I was close to going out on the field myself and telling them off. Then they started ignoring my daughter and not including her in team warm ups. If I were the coach, you guys would have probably been reading about me on the news.

 

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My parents spanked me as a child. As a result I now suffer from a psychological condition known as "Respect for Others."

Word. I was raised to respect authority and adults and was expected to tow the line. When I got a beating, I deserved it.

We are very strict with our kids and we see the results played out with comments like "they are the most respectful children I have ever seen," or something like it.

 

My niece is visiting this week with her 5 year old. I've had to restrain myself several times.

My 4 & 7 year olds have started saying, "Jackson is being disrespectful"

 

Im not going there until after New Years. LOL

 

I remember a rant I posted one day. My the butthurt that flowed.

 

I was within an inch of lowering the boom on your ass until I read the last line..... Good thing I held my fire....

LOL....you showed remarkable restraint...!

 

LOL....you showed remarkable restraint...!

Yeah, I surprised even myself!!!

Disclaimer: LJ and I do not have kids, but if we did they would tow the same line I did when I was growing up which was very thin and narrow.....

To those of you that raise respectful children, THANK YOU!!!! To those that don't, go to hell, and take your sniveling, whiney assed, spoiled rotten kid with you!!!

 

Agreed, BB. No reason parents should allow their kids to rule the roost.

When our son was a kid, we told him that we expected nothing less than the best behavior from him because we loved him and wanted other people to love him, too, and that he had to pay the consequences for bad behavior. Now that he has a son of his own, he really understands what we meant.

Enforcing the rules is harder on the parents than the kid. Some parents should have thought about that before having kids.

 

Public schools + Bad / no parenting + No faith = Disastrous societal results

 

My niece is visiting this week with her 5 year old. I've had to restrain myself several times.

My 4 & 7 year olds have started saying, "Jackson is being disrespectful"

I wouldn't restrain myself. I would tell Jackson that that type of behavior wasn't allowed in my house.

 

I had to call down both the grand kids and their, supposedly adult, parents a couple of times Saturday at our Christmas dinner. I didn't act that way in our home and they aren't going to either...


But there was enough comic relief in the form of my wife's sister talking to her corgi (remember the Bill Cosby skit where the woman was on the airplane and constantly calling down her son? Jeffery! Jeffery, Jeffery, Jeffery!!). The sister sounded just like that.