Quote Originally Posted by ljd
I really think it is about time that parents take responsability for their children otherwise I really don't want to see the world in the comming generations.
Amen to that.

I hate to disagree with Silke but, as I stated somewhere earlier in this thread I think, I believe all this disrespect is directly proportional to the lack of corporal punishment. Spare the rod, spoil the child is beginning to ring more and more true every day. I didn't beat my kids, only spanked them. They hated it then. It didn't happen all that often but it was always on the table as an option if they didn't behave. I guess I never will understand what the threat of talking does to try to discipline a child.

My father would beat my ass when I needed it, in his opinion. It didn't stop me from loving and respecting him. Actually quite the contrary took place. Amazing how little your parents know when you're young. The older I got, the more I actually thought my parents were doing things for my own good. Just my opinion.