| reply to jc100
Re: And let's not forget... It's really a very simple case. Most parents in America are like Kyle's mom on Southpark. It's not their kids' fault that they're screaming little heathens who cause problems for society at large. It's our fault for living and giving them the opportunity to cause problems in the first place. Besides, their son or daughter is a good Christian kid who would "never do anything like that."
Fewer people would have problems and the government could pass fewer laws if more parents got spanked for shirking their responsibility as the adult. I can't count the number of times I heard a kid with the filthiest mouth I ever heard (and that's quite a few) after they got caught doing something wrong. When we released them to their parents, the parent was many times just as bad or worse and would swear we were "out to get their kid." Nevermind the fact the kid jacked some grandma out of her car at gunpoint. It's not their fault. It's grandma's fault for driving down the street.
The total lack of responsibility is why the government is passing more and more laws. Parents need to step back up and tell the psychologists to shut up and start disciplining their kids again. I'm a firm believer in spanking a kid, but when the parent is equally as corrupt thanks to modern psychology, the kid never stands a chance. It would be fine, except we are the ones that always have to pay for their problems because it's simply "not their fault." |
| Speaking of a lack of personal responsibility, here's a fun one for ya.
My fiance's sister just bought a new van. 10 minutes after buying it a 17 year old with no license and no insurance driving his parent's car and doing stupid shit in the snow in a parking lot hits her head on. Her brand new van is now worthless because its been in a head on collision.
I'm sure anyone who has wrecked a car knows that its never quite the same after its been repaired, and nobody will give you near what it's worth. Hell, when they carfax it and see the head-on collision they won't even consider buying it.
The police won't do anything. The mother said her 17 year old son stole the car. She obviously has no plans to punish him, and he didn't actually steal the car, but that was good enough for the police so there's no charges... nothing. The kid just gets to hit her van head on and walk off without even getting a slap on the wrist.
They told her that her only option is to sue them in civil court. So she has to pay out of pocket for a lawyer to sue someone... and the kid doesn't even get punished...
Let's not forget its a van with 4 children all under the age of 6 inside it. We're definitely teaching children personally respobility aren't we. It O.K. to run head first into a family vehicle.. nobody will punish you for it.
I have absolutely no faith in the police, and very little faith left in humanity. |
