Spoiled Kids today!

[GT98]

Originally posted by Byock
There is alot of truth to that. Alot of parents I know, have NO clue where there kids are half the time, let alone what they are doing. And they wonder why they get into trouble.

Gonna pat myself on the back for that LOL

Then again I do watch and observe other peoples kids and how I was brought up and all that good stuff...thankfully the only "kids" I have to worry about are 3 cats and a dog

[Byock]

Think back. If you were anything like me, I was more scared of my parents than of any punishment the police could offer.

[Dr Mordrid]

Back when I was a teen we feared;

1. two people in high school;

the principal, who still had and used a "board of education". This was in 1967

a very tough English teacher (who was also a minister) who our principal deferred to when busy.

Jezzzz....the sight of a 400 lb football center getting whacked on the a** was enough to tame anyone down

2. once we got nailed in school we would get nailed again...several times in fact...by parents, grandparents and any aunts/uncles/older cousins etc. etc. that felt you'd screwed up enough to warrant their attentions.

3. the cops, knowing this, wouldn't bother wasting the legal systems time. They'd go straight to #2. A night in jail would have been a blessing by comparison

4. back then "Neighborhood Watch" meant that every adult in town would watch every kid in town for misbehavior and, of course, promptly report it to someone (and more likely everyone) listed in #2.

Of course in a town of 3,000 everyone knew everyone elses kids and their phone number....

A kid didn't have a f*****g chance in hell to get away with anything.

Dr. Mordrid

[gt40]

Man, I couldn't even begin to count the wooden spoons my mother broke on me! - But I was a baaaad boy.

[Gurm]

Well, up until a certain age, there is no way to "reason" with a child. "Time outs" are a complete waste of time on a 1-year-old, because that child doesn't have the attention span necessary to understand whey they are confined in their crib.

They need a quick rap on the hand when reaching for something bad. And when they're old enough to KNOW it's bad, but do it anyway, they need a quick smack on the ass.

Now... once the child is old enough to understand everything you say... the mere knowledge that you are willing to... is usually enough to keep them in line.

- Gurm

[Dr Mordrid]

Agreed....but sometimes you have no choice but to get physical.

Once my middle son (the most troublesome of the bunch, of course) got full of himself at 14 and took a swing at me when I tried to pull him into check.

Big mistake

Dr. Mordrid