[C Squared]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

When I was growing up there was a lot of fear of consequences. The first time I got bought home in a police cruiser, to be honest I had the holy hell beaten out of me by the old man, and I didn't turn into a serial killer.

When I was getting bad marks in school, there were consequences.

I knew, that I had to listen to my parents or there was going to be trouble.

In todays Liberalized society everyone keeps saying we need to look for root causes for youth crime.

How about, quite trying to be the cool parent to your kid, or being their bestest friend in the whole wide world and set boundries and consequences.

Don't send your little JD to his room for a time out, send him outside for some hard and meaningfull labour, take away his . Lay down an ass paddling.

Society and authority figures have failed children nowadays. Being forgiving and soft on these kids has fostered a permissive atmosphere where adults are afraid or unwilling to be parents because they're worried about their little darlings calling the cops, or they have other priorities instead of raising their kids.

My dad always said after I grew up that he learned early that his job when I was growing up wasn't to be my buddy or my friend first and foremost. His job was to give me a system of morals, give me a tool kit to survive and function in society, make sure that my ungratefull ass had clothing and food. Once I was the hell out of his house we could be buddies.

And hey look, I don't strangle kittens.

These kids need prison time, hard labour, and some solid corporal punishment, and it should hurt them as much as it hurts their parents.

Very well said! That's the same way I was brought up and I'm glad I was. I'm sick of parents not taking any action.