Y do parents not disipline kids anymore.The sillky few ruin it 4 the rest of them. Ps i'm 20 not 80!!!!!!?
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if the house masters are dancing expect the guests are dancing too. the media ruined our children .
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Our priority's need to be on the home again. Not money. Parents need to be accountable for the behaviors their children demonistrate. Train them, raise them up in the way you want them to go. We all need to stop being so materilistic, and then surprised when our children act out. They are ashmed of their parents and their behaviors. So they rebel.\n\nOpen a dialog with your kids..... it is us aginest them not kids aginst their family.
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I'm not sure I am following all of this, but I do think kids are very mean today, but come on parents!  If we don't expect kind, compassionate behavior from our kids do you think they are going to magically learn it elsewhere?\n\nAs for your descriptions, I don't really believe in labels.  Most of us are pretty diverse people if you look hard enough.  Case in point - I am a 41 year old politically conservative businessman that loves to make my own beer and sing heavy metal rock and roll on a karaoke machine.  Exactly what stereotype does that fit?
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Kids aren't as active any more like they used to be.  Computers, tv, games, and many parents working seem to contribute quite a bit.  Even schools that have PE in them, the kids don't do too much any more.  They used to play basketball, baseball, run track....\nAs the fitness director at the club where I work, I watched a video by the National Center for Disease Control.  They are saying that for the first time in history, the generation under mine (I'm 53) will be unhealthier than their parents, because of all the inactivity, and bad eating habits.  They say kids are going to be getting diabetes sooner, heart disease sooner, osteoporosis sooner, high blood pressure sooner, you name it, and this generation coming up will get sick sooner.(This is the teenagers now, and the generation under them. Their brothers and sisters)\nOne of the things that has really impacted this generation is the trend of dieting.  Many of the kids have stopped drinking milk, which makes the inside of the bone material grow, and they will develop stooped over posture because of it, fractured hips, broken bones.Eliminating meat is causing a big lack of protein as well... I won't go on, but you get the idea huh!\n We in the fitness industry know kids are unhealthy, and we're doing all that we can to help!  We just ran "the biggest loser" contest, and I have a 12 yr. old doing the program now.  Anyway sorry to go on and on, I hope some of this information helps....
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I see nothing wrong with disipline. I personally use all options before I spank my child but my child does not act like that. My daughter will walk up to a kid in a store that is being rude to their parents and tell them that they better be glad they have the parents they do cause hers would spank her nomatter who was around. My hubby and I were in line at the bank and was watching a kid disrespect both his parents and hit his mom. My hubby commented just loud enough for the parents to hear that if that had been our child acting that way in public he would have knocked the living life out of them. The parents heard him and grabbed the child and left.
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I think that most parents do not discipline their children these days. The problem is that the cost of living is so high they are trying to afford just to survive rather than being with their children and teaching them better behaviour. \n\nKids have no respect these days and that is learnt from the home. More needs to be done in the household but as the divorce rate increases more kids are coming from broken families it just gets worse. \n\nFreedom is not something you should just give. I have seen so many of my friends go down the wrong path like pregnant at 15 or raped or on drugs. Kids are making adult decisions by themselves and really can't handle the consequences.  \n\nI think that kids need to understand that there are dangers out there and not think they are being imprisoned at home rather they are being given a loving lifestyle. Sure the time will come when kids go on to be an adult but be sensible learn from what you have been taught and have respect for people and more importantly yourself.
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As a mother of 3(and a day after all 3 of their P-T conferances!!) I absolutely agree with you..\nToo many parents out there coddle their 'poor innocent children' and don't even know the first thing about teaching them responsability and discipline..I really think that it is a major problem right now but will really come back to bite us in a few years when they are 'adults'.\nMy now 10 year old had major problems with late work and 'forgetting assignments last year. The teacher cared enough to call me and both her and I sat down and developed a plan to work this out together..we checked her work leaving school and I checked everything at home. It was time consuming for both of us; I also NEVER blamed the teacher-i made my 10 year old accountable and wanted her to understand that she needed to become responsable. A year later at her 5th grade conferance(last night!) her teacher this year had nothing but good things to say..how she dives into her homework at study time..asks for help and never has late work this year..plus she had almost straight A's..\nI think teachers are wonderful and are one of the most under-paid professions out there..\nUnfortunately some parents take those things as some sort of personnal insult or don't seem to understand that in a few short years their children will need to enter the adult world.\nI hope knowing that a very, involved caring mom(able to admit that my child isn't perfect!)completely agrees with you will help
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Parents aren't being mean, just teaching their child a lesson and the facts of life. Many things parents do are for their children's health and help. I mean you have to teach discipline one way or the other right.
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Yes...up until the time they are a legal adult.  Maybe parents should think about this before allowing so much permissiveness in their family. I am a strict Mother(no corporal punishment...but lots of consistency and time out and good choice/ bad choice options). I feel it is my duty, and moral responsibility to raise well mannered and caring people. I KNOW I am responsible for my children's actions.
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I think I was overprotected.  I rebelled when I was a senior in high school, and partied a lot then and in college.  Maybe if I had been allowed to do more, I would have done less.  \n\nON THE OTHER HAND, I have two kids right now and I find myself laying down the same rules as my parents did. :)  Go figure.
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I agree with you! Moms and dads throughout our history have always managed to keep their child(ren) under a watchful eye without much incident before. I think using leashes seem to be a bit lazy.Our children are not our pets! They need to be taught to act and respond as a human -being and a person.Not by tugging on some leash like some misbehaved puppy.
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It is a huge change for them at such a early part of their life.  They feel that THEY are the reason for it.  Try to hang with your mate while the kids are so vunerable, but if you can't, at least be honest with them, so they know it's not THEIR fault.  Ron
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I agree with the concept of too much freedom. Heaven forbid you try to talk to a teen about manners.  All you'll get is a loud F off, and if your really lucky, a beating by them and 20 or so of the closest peers.  And as for children, yes I do agree that there is a severe lack of parental supervision as compared to the good old days when one parent worked and one stayed home.  Although both my parents worked and I always say please/thank-you, etc.  I have even had comments from people where I work (my second job is a cashier) that I am always so polite and it is nice to see. It all boils down again to lack of respect for anyone but ourselves.  We are taught that we are the most important person in the world and that no one has the right to say anything to you that you don't like, be it teacher, parent, pastor (if anyone goes to church anymore), principle, or even the elderly neighbour down the block.
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many kids feel that their parent care less for them than their friends,that's how some kids get mixed up in gangs and cults.believe me no people are gonna love you like your mom who cared for you since conception.their are exceptions,rare though.we may not always understand why our parent is the way they are,but usually in time the child comes to realize that parents only want their kids to live better than they did.
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They do this in part because they are not mature enough to deal with the real world.  I'm not being critical of them. I have too many problems of my own.  These "kids" were not taught a great deal of personal responsibility as children.  That rests squarely on their parents shoulders. Now they are having children and have less chance of teaching their own children responsibility.  It will likely get worse before it gets better.  Some day maybe parents will step up to the plate.
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You are absolutely correct!! If I could give you points I would! I think the family unit is disintegrating quickly, people don't care about each other as much. They conveniently forget to tell their children how beautiful, intelligent, wonderful, etc, they are. Children (and adults) need to hear positive things about themselves, otherwise they end up with a negative attitude..it's much easier for a parent to see and point out the negative things about their children. Good question.
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There are times were parents cant understand there kids. Kids like to talk and have a good realishionship and that is perfectly normal but at the same time they want to do stuff on their own and they want you to trust them. Im a 16 year old femail and there are times when i just want my space and be left alone and thats normal but i always hang out with my family so let you kid or kids have some alone time for thereselves once in a while and let them have fun!