Mr. D
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Public Schools and The New Child Abuse
You will notice that anti public school types blame the public schools for lack of discipline! That's exactly the point, discipline used to be the responsibility of the parent! Now discipline is the school's problem! I've never met a parent that didn't pay "lip service" to discipline in the schools, at least until it came to their little darling! Then excuses for little Johnny begin!
Last night in a nice restaurant, I watched a very nice looking, well dressed young family try to eat while their child screamed any time something displeased him. He simply turned his head away rudely if he didn't want to be fed and swiped his hand at the spoon. He struck his parents repeatedly on the arms when he was angry and life was not as he wanted! They just acted like everything was right in the world! After all he's a child! In about 2 1/2 years he will be in a school and some poor teacher will be asked why there isn't more discipline in her classroom!
Children didn't act like that years ago! In my generation, we didn't even think about it! Our parents realized we were just little people, not adorable pure, innocent, perfect angels of God to be worshiped by parents and grand parents as today! As a child you were taught is was only appropriate to cry when sick, hurt, or frightened, but not out of anger, spoiled rage and as a tool of emotional blackmail. You behaved in restaurants to respect other people's rights, or you were taken outside for an attitude adjustment. When you misbehaved, you got the "Family Look" from a parent and you knew it meant "Behave properly or suffer consequences!" You behaved! Child abuse you sayd! Absolute baloney! It was called parenting in those days! Child abuse is treating our children like spoiled little kings and queens to be worshiped and then sending them out into society to find out the rest of the world won't put up with their self centered, spoiled little tantrums as adults! Their future husbands and wives will divorce them as self centered overgrown children dressing and acting like they are 12 in 28 year old bodies! Look around you at the "I don't want to grow up generation!" Don't we all see men in their middle twenties and even older with heavy beards acting and dressing like they are in middle school trying live as self centered children with their toys! Many of them creating babies to be raised by children like themselves!
Children are not born sweet, innocent little angels! Watch them in a playground! They are born with totally self centered needs and attitudes. They will become adults with totally spoiled, self center needs and attitudes if parents don't teach them to be aware of other people's needs and how to be courteous and civil. We are creating an "It's all about me!" generation where more is never enough, and nice cars and homes should just be there for me without all this hard, boring work and saving! After all other people have them, where's mine!
Public schools aren't perfect, but they never have been! What's really changed is parenting! Go to a restaurant or mall, you'll see it! Children not receiving the loving discipline they need! It's the new child abuse! We want our public schools to fix it! :roll:
You will notice that anti public school types blame the public schools for lack of discipline! That's exactly the point, discipline used to be the responsibility of the parent! Now discipline is the school's problem! I've never met a parent that didn't pay "lip service" to discipline in the schools, at least until it came to their little darling! Then excuses for little Johnny begin!
Last night in a nice restaurant, I watched a very nice looking, well dressed young family try to eat while their child screamed any time something displeased him. He simply turned his head away rudely if he didn't want to be fed and swiped his hand at the spoon. He struck his parents repeatedly on the arms when he was angry and life was not as he wanted! They just acted like everything was right in the world! After all he's a child! In about 2 1/2 years he will be in a school and some poor teacher will be asked why there isn't more discipline in her classroom!
Children didn't act like that years ago! In my generation, we didn't even think about it! Our parents realized we were just little people, not adorable pure, innocent, perfect angels of God to be worshiped by parents and grand parents as today! As a child you were taught is was only appropriate to cry when sick, hurt, or frightened, but not out of anger, spoiled rage and as a tool of emotional blackmail. You behaved in restaurants to respect other people's rights, or you were taken outside for an attitude adjustment. When you misbehaved, you got the "Family Look" from a parent and you knew it meant "Behave properly or suffer consequences!" You behaved! Child abuse you sayd! Absolute baloney! It was called parenting in those days! Child abuse is treating our children like spoiled little kings and queens to be worshiped and then sending them out into society to find out the rest of the world won't put up with their self centered, spoiled little tantrums as adults! Their future husbands and wives will divorce them as self centered overgrown children dressing and acting like they are 12 in 28 year old bodies! Look around you at the "I don't want to grow up generation!" Don't we all see men in their middle twenties and even older with heavy beards acting and dressing like they are in middle school trying live as self centered children with their toys! Many of them creating babies to be raised by children like themselves!
Children are not born sweet, innocent little angels! Watch them in a playground! They are born with totally self centered needs and attitudes. They will become adults with totally spoiled, self center needs and attitudes if parents don't teach them to be aware of other people's needs and how to be courteous and civil. We are creating an "It's all about me!" generation where more is never enough, and nice cars and homes should just be there for me without all this hard, boring work and saving! After all other people have them, where's mine!
Public schools aren't perfect, but they never have been! What's really changed is parenting! Go to a restaurant or mall, you'll see it! Children not receiving the loving discipline they need! It's the new child abuse! We want our public schools to fix it! :roll:
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