>> allow kids to call their friends and associates by their first names
Hey! I thought you were the hippy!!? :)
>> all parents, back then, knew what the boundries were too.
I disagree. Strongly!
I also knew of dishonest cops and pervert clergy and politicians who became
millionaires in a short time. I dont put my trust in others so freely.
On another note, I cringed and just about went into shock ( so I
exaggerate?! ) the first time I got called Mr. Duquette. It was a coming of
age, so to speak.
>> if you put your hands on my daughter, you are the one not going home that
night.
Likewise, Larry. And, I'm quite open to having the neighbours inform me of
things, and give me their opinions; but I will raise my children.
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From: Larry Macy [mailto:lmacy@phillymgclub.com]
Big 10-4 Bill.
BTW, I think it was those parents that started to allow kids to call their
friends and associates by their first names, instead of Mr. jones or Ms.
Smith, that started the issue of no respect. I did not learn my parents
friends first names until I was about 12. Then I still called them Mr. or
Ms, as a sign of my respect. My kids did the same as I felt they were owed
that respect. Oh and if I got yelled at by Mrs Orendorf from up the street,
you can bet dad found out about it.
Mr. Duquette, if you put your hands on my daughter, you are the one not
going home that night. Letting the neighbors teach the kids a thing or too
is not a bad deal, but all parents, back then, knew what the boundries were
too.
Larry
On Feb 15, 2008, at 1:46 PM, Bill Gilroy wrote:
No, but yelling is fine. And if by grabbing my kid by the collar and
dragging him home so I can yell at him, sure I am fine with that also.
As a kid you need to learn to respect things and that life is not fair. We
are starting to see kids in the workplace that say, "Hey, that's not fair."
My answer to that is, "Yeah, so? Suck it up you got another 45 years of
this stuff."
On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 10:39 AM, Robert Duquette <
robertduquette@sympatico.ca> wrote:
So you're okay with some guy down the street getting physical with your
kids?
From: "Larry Macy, Ph.D." <lmacy@phillymgclub.com>
In the neighborhood I grew up in, it was perfectly acceptable for one
mom or dad on the block to disipline any kid from the block that was
not behaving. If the kid went crying back home, he/she usually got a
whollop from mom or dad. Kids were expected to behave and all adults
were expected to be sure they did.
Larry
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