[graciegirl]

My kids knew not to EVER say the B word. It usually was followed by a stint of cleaning around the toilet.

Something has to change with how children are raised. It would be good if there was MORE parental responsibility. I would like to know more about these kids parents, although I was on my own at 18. Kids were expected to be independent earlier back when.

The training and directing and laying down the law has to start far earlier than teen years. That is the reason that parents are big and kids are little.

We started well before two directing children constantly verbally away from electrical outlets and shamed them even under five years old for pocketing things at stores. Harsh, but it worked.

It is too late to have too much power of persuasion when they are bigger than you are, unless you instill um...respect and a little fear unfortunately when they are young. If they respect their parents rules, generally they will respect their teachers, the police force and their bosses.

Right or wrong, those are the people who are in charge.

At least that is what I think.