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Spare the Rod...

"Spare the Rod, spoil the child." It’s a famous quote, and I think some have attributed it to the bible, but it says a lot. Spare the rod…Spoil the child. Now I grew up at a time when they didn’t spare the rod. I got my share of spankings for misbehaving. I didn’t grow up to be a serial killer. I grew up to respect authority. I learned that there were consequences to my actions. I was not afraid of my parents. I was afraid of doing something wrong that would result in a spanking. That’s what they were for. They taught me to control myself when I was going to do something that would result in a spanking. It was a GOOD THING. It taught me responsibility. It taught me consequences. It taught me to accept that my actions may not always be the right road to follow. It taught me that there were other people, smarter than me, that needed to convey a message to me and when I wouldn’t listen to reason, there are harsher ways. Which leads us to the new wave philosophy of reasoning with a child that still hasn’t learned what a toilet is for!!!! There is a group in Canada now that is asking the government to make it ILLEGAL to spank your child. Can you imagine the audacity of these people? They are daring to tell others how to raise their children! They are saying that they know better than everyone else and they are the only ones that have the knowledge to properly raise children today. I personally feel that all these touchy feely books about reasoning with a child only have one purpose. Ok two… #1 - Hit the idiots that wrote them over the head with the book. #2 – Apply, moderately and without doing physical harm, to the child’s backside as needed. Now, there are those in this group that will say I feel that way because I was spanked as a child. Well, to be perfectly honest, that was never a deterrence to me. My mother learned that I would do as she asked, generally, when she asked me too. Spanking never hurt me and never made me do anything I didn’t want to in the first place. And before you say that this proves their point, I was different than my siblings. They never did as told, but sure did it after a good swat to the behind. What does this show? That not all kids are the same and not all can be dealt with the same. This philosophy that all kids should be treated exactly the same is ridiculous and has created a lot of the problems that we are seeing with the kids today. Kids will be kids. That’s always the way it has been. Some will be a little wilder, some will not. The ones that are not as wild have to be treated differently than those that are wilder. The ones that are wilder, cannot be treated the same as the ones that are calmer. This shows the calmer ones that they can do anything and get away with it. Why be calm? Why be respectful? There ARE NO CONSEQUENCES! Which leads us to where we are today. With the juvenile courts full of kids that do the same crimes over and over because there are no consequences. Because they were never TAUGHT about consequences. And the courts, in their infinite wisdom, treats these criminals in training as poor lost souls that need to be understood and reasoned with. It’s not their fault. They have a syndrome of some kind or another. The syndrome of the day is ADHD. This is what they say about a spoiled little brat that hasn’t got the discipline to control him/her self. These kids were brought up with their parents doing everything for them. Including taking the consequences for their actions. These are the children that come to your house with their parents, and tear your house apart. And their parents think it is so cute the way they are EXPRESSING themselves. And God forbid you should tell the child to stop playing with your family heirloom. Their parents will give YOU hell for stifling their precious little angel. The courts have to stay out of the homes of people that want to teach their children to have respect for others and their belongings. The ones that want to teach their children that there are consequences for their action. And above all, these new wave experts have to STAY OUT OF OUR LIVES! Trying to get a law passed that won’t allow you to deal with your children’s learning to function in society, without the many stops in juvenile court along the way, is intrusive. It is offensive. And above all else, it is insulting. Insulting to say that you are not raising your children right, ACCORDING TO THEM. This is the same thing as these so called Animal Rights activists saying that because they have chosen not to eat meat, no one should. We have to stand up and say ENOUGH! You are entitled to your opinion. I will even defend your right to your opinion. But you do NOT have the right to force your opinion on the rest of us.
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