> > 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."
>