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I agree with what you are saying! My 15 and 17 year old are cleaning out my kitchen cabinets right now!LOL! I do know parents who have raised their children right and the children still gave them problems, but I think a little discipline can go a long way! I find from my kids' friends that kids are handed alot and don't have to do anything to get it. Alot of my kids' friends have cell phones with internet access etc. They are constantly going out to eat and to the movies, but don't have jobs. When they get grounded, it never lasts through the original punishment time. Some parents are not consistent and probably don't know where their children are most of the time. If they were held accountable for their child's actions, they might take parenting more seriously.

Currently we let children decide for themselves whether or not they want to quit school at age 16. Currently we look at an 18yr. old as enough of an adult to fight for his/her country. This is a radical idea, but what if we change the age of "adulthood" to 21 and not allow quitting school until 18. You are way too young to understand the consequence of your actions at age 16. (there are exceptions to every rule). Since we cannot legislate parenting, then nationally we need to form a more rigid school environment, mandatory for those who don't reach a certain testing criteria at the age of 12. Institute a type of military school discipline so that these young minds can be shaped at an early wage. I know this theory is full of "what if's", but we are seeing way too many acts of violence by those of younger and younger children, most of whom never have been taught the consequence of their actions. In the proper environment homeschooling prepares the student, without all the distractions of those who choose not to learn. We have all seen immigrants from other countries, who come here with nothing, work hard and study hard, ultimately becoming successful business people with children who score highly on the SAT's. These folks follow a rigorous routine and their children go without many of the things that some take for granted. We need to do more than blog about it and sit around wondering what this world is becoming.

My kids aren't perfect, they screw up some, OK alot...the thing is when they do something wrong, their CONSCIOUS(sp?) kicks in. Thats how I know we are on the right track. Its starts with the baby and goes right on up the ladder.

Parenting is not only rules and consequences; its the mesh of examples that parents expose their kids to. They learn and do so much more based on what they see...

We need a lot more days like April 25th for the school kids.

MM I like the way you think of this one!

But wait, you say, Cuba is communist. "Communist" the label that many have heard for many years, depicted by evil people doing evil things. Much of what you hear is propaganda about the evils of communism. The root word is Commune, where everyone works for the common good of all the people, not just a select few. Commune is a fairly inocuous word that brings visions of the hippie types of the seventies, living in peace, love, and the community way. How can you demonize a whole country of people merely by just adding "ist" to that harmless word. Yes, everybody wants to come to America because apparently in all peoples, is a want to get ahead, or rise above others. Democracy is seen as more normal, yet look at the problems and litteracy rates of most of the democracies. Makes you think a little bit huh?

I'll take American Democracy over Communism, Marxism, and any other Anti-American idealisms. Many of the immigrants you speak of that came here left countries that practice Communism or impose some type of martial laws on their people. They came here because they couldn't have the same freedoms Americans have in their own countries. I am speaking mainly about American teens and American families. Common sensse would ingorm anyone that an immigrant has it ten times better here than in the country they left for America-It is not just propanganda-It is a way of life that our country & our troops fight against many times over just to make sure we can exercise our freedoms without government control and/or manipulation. For those reasons, many seek the United States to be able to become a success without being told how to spend it or who they must give a good portion of it to. Raising children should never be encompassed with political idealisms & thoughts but with American morals and the sense to know what is right and what is wrong.

Violent tendancies can be addressed with proper parenting skills early in the children's lives. Whether they are military material or not is not an issue of raising a child. Letting children get to the point of no return is alot of fault with the parents, even though they cannot watch their every movement 24/7. A parent can only hope that they raised their child with enough values to know how to conduct themselves peoperly in today's world.

Car,

Do a ride-along with your local police dept. in the worse neighborhood of your city and then talk to me about what some parents are doing or not. I erroneously thought up until three years ago, that societies ills could be changed in twenty-five years of so. There was blatant ignorance with people from the age of ten to ninety. Criminality is a way of life to too many people. It runs rampant in those type neighborhoods. What parents should do, and what really happens is a far cry from my upbringing. Without legislation, American youth is going to hell in a hand basket.

You seem to miss the entire point of this post, mr. majestic; If more parents would take more time in their children's lives to teach them the proper ways to live a positive social life, the problem would cure itself. Waiting until they reach their teen years to try and talk some sense into them isn't going to cut it. The government passing laws on how parents can discipline their children is not the answer. When a teenager crosses the line & commits a crime, then the government & the law can stewp in but it is up to the parents to make sure it dosen't get that far. Parents that ignore the issue of bonding with their children at a young age will pay the price when their child becomes a young man or woman in the system & quite possibly in the grave. Call it old-fashioned, but as long as a child lives unsder their parents' roof. the rules should be made very plain and untolerable when broken. Period.

You say that you are living in Macomb county, which according to Google, is in Michigan. You are blogging in the piedmont of North Carolina. We're probably a little different here.