> Kids don't suddenly have rights and run everything, and there are ways of
> dealing with your kids but it's going to be on an individual basis and require a
> lot of attention and there's not a guaranteed way that will make all kids
> suddenly behave and shit like that, that's not what they do because they are
> kids. Kids get into a lot of trouble, do a lot of stupid shit, and think a lot
> of stupid shit, and that's how it is. People shouldn't suddenly be shocked by
> it and start taking drastic measures though.

Kids can get away with murder today. When I was in grade school, if you were sent to the principal's office for doing something really bad, he would threaten to use "the paddle" on you. I never got it, but I'd heard of some kids that did. If you misbehaved outside of school, your parents would spank you to discipline you. In my household, it was my dad's belt that kept us in line. Hell, back when my parents were kids, if you were caught doing something wrong by a random adult out on the street, they would discipline you.

Today, all of these things are illegal. You are not allowed to spank your own children for misbehaving, otherwise you will be brought up on child abuse charges and your kid will be taken away from you. There is a huge difference between punching your kid in the head for no damn reason and spanking his bottom because he stole something. But the government sees no difference. You lay your hand on your kids for any reason, it's child abuse.

And that is why the world is in the state it's in now. Kids lie, cheat, steal, sleep around, shoot each other, etc. because they believe they're invincible since they cannot be disciplined for their actions. There used to be an old moral; "Spare the rod, spoil the child." Which meant that if you don't discipline your child for his bad deeds, he will not learn and will just grow up to become an even worse adult. "Time Outs" don't do a damn thing. I know that if I were told "Okay, you have to sit in that chair for an hour" every time I did something wrong, I'd be like, "Um, okay...thanks?"

And then, who gets blamed when the kids shoot up a school? Parents (and videogames, but that's an entirely different can of worms.) Parents get blamed because they're supposed to be in control of their kids, but how can they be when they are not allowed to discipline them?

There was a case in the news recently about a man who had to spent 18 months in jail because his daughter would not go to school. She had been truant, and the court ordered him to make sure she went to school and get her GED. And he did. Except that she'd go in one door and skip out the other. So who was punished for her behavior? The dad.

I used to work for Child Protective. And yes, there were a lot of genuine cases of child abuse that come through. But there were also a lot of cases that was just a parent trying to discipline their kid. Did you know that taking away a child's toys and sending them to bed without dinner is child abuse?

Trust me, it's no longer kids being kids. It's kids having all the power to do whatever they damn well please because they know for a fact that if they're disciplined, all they need to do is make a phone call, and it's their parents who will get the beating. Ever see what the kids do in that South Park episode, "The Wacky Molestation Adventure"? We're really not that far off.

Alyas
"Good... Bad... I'm the guy with the gun."