From: JEFF HAIN-MATSON (flmv@flmv.net)
Date: Sat Jul 10 2004 - 10:36:13 PDT
Rich Greene (R.I.P.)(Greene Equipment Co.) said is best with all his years as a
cop, "you need a license to drive a car, but not to have kids, something wrong
there!!"
jeff
Steve Grammont wrote:
> >What the hell is wrong with parents
> >these days??
>
> It is my humble opinion that most parents shouldn't be. Society idolizes
> children and makes it seem like the most natural thing in the world to
> do. The problem is that parenting is a LOT of work and, sadly, far too
> many (IMHO the majority) are not ready for it because they bought into
> the hype. Some learn fast and fly right after a little while, some take
> longer, but too many don't ever get it right. I don't think it is very
> different today than it was in the past. Just more noticeable to us
> since we are now the adults instead of the kids.
>
> One big difference today is random people can't pick up the slack as they
> once could. Ron's story about the kid with the bungie cord... 50 years
> ago Ron could probably have gotten away with hauling the kid out by his
> ear and giving him a WELL DESERVED paddling on his backside (preferably
> with a near by pioneer shovel <g>). The pain wouldn't last, but the
> negative reinforcement for disobeying an elder would. Now a days poor
> Ron would be looking at 6 months in prison for assault and battery on a minor.
>
> I'm going to a show in a couple of weeks and I just had a thought. You
> know the old squirt bottle trick for disciplining pets? I wonder how
> much trouble you could get into for using it on kids or mothers who don't
> pay attention to the rules? I mean, it's not like it's battery acid your
> spraying on them (though there's a thought!). Just picture it "BAD
> kiddie... <squirt, squirt, squirt>, that's a bad kiddie <squirt, squirt,
> squirt>" :-)
>
> You know its bad when you are only 35 and think that kids (and their
> parents too <g>) need to be smacked around by perfect strangers.
>
> Steve
>
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