Submitted by: Jo Walker(145) Log in to become a member of Jo Walker's Fan Club!
I have to ask that question, and I find myself doing it quite often. When I think of things that we used to do as kids, and then look at what kids are doing today, I can't help it!
Skipping school, smoking, drinking, doing drugs! Getting expelled, and returning to school with a gun and shooting your teacher!! For crying out loud! Where did we all go wrong? Is there any one thing or person that can be blamed for the mess our kids are in today?
Oh, you can say "It's the parent's fault." But, what if the parent has done everything they can do without violating the Child abuse laws, and they are also at a total loss of how to get their kid under control? Who then?
The government that stepped in and removed prayer from school, and started telling kids in the class room, "You are an individual and you have rights! You do not have to be under your parent's thumb!" ? (And yes, I have dealt with teachers who have told my children that!) Perhaps the CPS director that decided in order to stop all the child abuse, we will give more control to the kids and make more laws restraining the parents authority. Who knows? Who can we put at the end of the pointing finger of blame?
I see kids who have more than I ever had when I was young, yet they have No gratitude, No respect, and they carry themselves with a demanding attitude, of "You owe me and you better pay up!"
Real Teachers really have no control in the classrooms anymore. Parents have no more control in their homes! Kids today are prompted to pick up the phone and call CPS if your mom and dad are being mean to you. Come on! I grew up old school, if we did something wrong, we got the belt, or the paddle, or the handle of a brush, or momma's favorite..the switch! We didn't mess up that much. And talk back?? Not in my house we didn't. If we did, we got the back of a hand, or a bar of lye soap was used to wash our mouth out.
It was a simple rule...You did bad, you got worse. If you used foul language, you got your mouth washed out and it did not taste good! If you were disrespectful or yelled something stupid at mom or dad, you got back handed so hard you picked yourself up in the next county! Frankly, I don't think I turned out to bad!
What did I learn at the hand of what today would be deemed child abuse? I learned: Respect your elders! Do not use inappropriate language! Don't hit your brother! Don't touch the hot stove! (It burns when you do) , If you want something, Work for it! Don't get me wrong, I DO NOT condone child abuse. But, I am a firm believer in the Bible adage of "Spare the rod, spoil the child" Justs look at what our youth is becoming.
Granted a majority of the kids are great, and they respect the rules of society. But there are quite a few of the kids who have no idea what it means to be a good member of society. They have no appreciation of what is available to them if they work for it, they EXPECT it to be given to them. And here lately, I have seen a number of them that feel if you won't give it, then they will take it.
Oh for the good old days, when parents had control of the home, and real teachers had control of the classroom, and students went to school and actually learned at least the basics of what it takes to become an upstanding citizen.
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