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Originally Posted by OldManTime
When will young parents learn Golf Carts are not toys! Another parent with a real young child, around 4 to 6 years old driving a golf cart, stupid, stupid, when will they learn that death is around the next turn, where there are 90 year old golf cart drivers here in the villages, that are hearing and sight challenged!
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Unfortunately, it is more grandparents than parents that do this.
Seems to me that this is what is wrong with many of the youth today. They have not learned the meaning of, "No, you cannot.", and then are unable/unwilling to accept "No" ever.
I used to tell my kids that they had to ask before getting or doing something. One day, my youngest son asked to do something and I told him that he couldn't. His immediate response was, "But I ASKED you". My response to him, "Asking does not equate to an automatic yes, but thank you for asking. It is yes or no at my discretion, not yours."
Both my boys later told me that it was apparent in the military which ones had been brought up with responsibilities and boundaries and which had not. Those who had not had a really tough time trying to adjust. I got a letter from my youngest when he was in boot camp in which he said, "Now I truly understand why Dad always told me that he would not tell me more than once to do/not do something." Both are now retired Navy....the oldest having 26 years and the other 24.
