So this whole thing was based upon THAT posting.
Well, Turtle has a point. But, for me, the main issue is that parents themselves have foregone their responsibility in raising their children. I had a woman and her two children, 6 and 8 live with me for about 6 months, and here's what I observed.
The woman REFUSED to apropriately discipline her children. They misbehaved and there were NO consquences set. No TV or Playstation taken awy. No early bedtime. No time in the corner. nothing. These children were disrespectful of me, my house and their mother. They ran around the house with near impunity. They didn't get up for school,missed the bus several times each week, yelled, slammed doors, ran in the housestayed up with their mom watching television until 11 and later on school nights.
So, while it might be easy to blame schools and other public establishments, good child rearing begins at home with a good consistent discipline and expectations. While the government can and shoul set limits to what is allowed in public schools for punishment, maintaining religious neutrality, etc... the government ALSO should not be blamed for children growing up to be juvenile delinquents. It's parents foregoing their responsibilities, more often than not.
Set expectations for YOUR chilren.
Expect them to get up for school
Expect them to make their beds in the morning before playing
Expect them to do their chores/clean their rooms daily
Expect them to do their homework
Expect them to behave like little ladies and gentlemen
Set consequences when they misbehave and STICK to them!!!
Of course, give them lots of love, so they know mom and dad are there fo them.
I'm sorry if I offend someon, but 6 and 8 year old children shouldn't be allowed to play M rated games on Playstation. PERIOD. And they shouldn't be alloed to play 6 hours non stop and unsupervised!
Children shouldn't be allowed to watch television until 11 PM on school nights
And definitely, children shouldn't be allowed to play online games for 3-4 hours at a time...unsupervised by an adult. But then that's up to the individual parents, isn't it.
Call me crazy. Tell me it's none of my business. That's what this woman did. After 6 months of seeing these children ehaving worse and worse, I finally had to tell her to move out.
I just couldn't take it any longer.
Sigh....
My house, My rules. Sorry!