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neddy65 · 08-21-2003, 07:01 AM

When I was a kid I didn't dare step out of line when there were adults around because word would get back to my parents and shit would fly, or the adult would step in to put a halt to the fun i was having. I find that today adults don't give a shit what kids do as long as they, the adults, are not directly affected. I have a 14 soon to be 15 year old son and two daughters and I am trying to raise them right but I worry about my son when he is out because there doesn't seem to be any social pressure to treat others and other peoples property with respect. I trust my son, he is a good kid, but, should he step out of line I would like someone to step up and remind him that he is in fact out of line.
I'm not sure I can express this thought clearly or if I just sound like an old guy saying " in my day....". I guess I miss the days when the village did raise the children instead of leaving them to do whatever comes to mind without fear of consequense,

08-21-2003, 07:01 AM	#1 (permalink)
neddy65 Loves green eggs and ham Location: I'm just sittin' here watching the world go round and round	it takes a village When I was a kid I didn't dare step out of line when there were adults around because word would get back to my parents and shit would fly, or the adult would step in to put a halt to the fun i was having. I find that today adults don't give a shit what kids do as long as they, the adults, are not directly affected. I have a 14 soon to be 15 year old son and two daughters and I am trying to raise them right but I worry about my son when he is out because there doesn't seem to be any social pressure to treat others and other peoples property with respect. I trust my son, he is a good kid, but, should he step out of line I would like someone to step up and remind him that he is in fact out of line. I'm not sure I can express this thought clearly or if I just sound like an old guy saying " in my day....". I guess I miss the days when the village did raise the children instead of leaving them to do whatever comes to mind without fear of consequense, __________________ If you're travelling at the speed of light, and you turn the headlights on, do they do anything? My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father, prepare to die! Drink Dickens' Hard Cider because nothing makes a girl smile like a Hard DIckens' Cider!