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This sign was in the parking lot of a local convenience store last year. I talked to an employee of the store, and she said that this one sign had created more comments (mostly positive) than any other sign they've ever put up. I guess the main question is why it's Grandma's responsibility to correct the children and not the mom's or dad's responsibility? With so many broken and dysfunctional homes and kids being raised by single parents (or grandparents alone because both parents have abdicated their responsibilities), the sign certainly makes sense.
At this point, I feel I probably should clarify that I don't believe in "beating" your kids. There's no reason for beating a child, and child-beating is abuse and deserves the full punishment of the law. There is a difference, however, between beating a child in anger (which is never justified) and gently administering the old-fashioned hickory switch to the backside of a child that is bound and determined to recklessly endanger himself or others. In those cases, loving discipline administered by a level-headed parent who is not angry can be a positive corrective measure. I'll leave it at that, other than to site study after study that shows that the world's most successful people are those whose parents administered fair but stern loving correction in raising their children, teaching them respect for others, and the benefits of setting boundaries in behavior and enforcing those boundaries when it comes to child rearing. A child left alone, uncorrected, will often run wild, in the end hurting himself, others, and becoming a menace to society as a whole. There's nothing wrong with clearly laying out the standards and expectations of behavior for a child and enforcing those standards for the child until he can become a responsible adult.
This sign was in the parking lot of a local convenience store last year. I talked to an employee of the store, and she said that this one sign had created more comments (mostly positive) than any other sign they've ever put up. I guess the main question is why it's Grandma's responsibility to correct the children and not the mom's or dad's responsibility? With so many broken and dysfunctional homes and kids being raised by single parents (or grandparents alone because both parents have abdicated their responsibilities), the sign certainly makes sense.
At this point, I feel I probably should clarify that I don't believe in "beating" your kids. There's no reason for beating a child, and child-beating is abuse and deserves the full punishment of the law. There is a difference, however, between beating a child in anger (which is never justified) and gently administering the old-fashioned hickory switch to the backside of a child that is bound and determined to recklessly endanger himself or others. In those cases, loving discipline administered by a level-headed parent who is not angry can be a positive corrective measure. I'll leave it at that, other than to site study after study that shows that the world's most successful people are those whose parents administered fair but stern loving correction in raising their children, teaching them respect for others, and the benefits of setting boundaries in behavior and enforcing those boundaries when it comes to child rearing. A child left alone, uncorrected, will often run wild, in the end hurting himself, others, and becoming a menace to society as a whole. There's nothing wrong with clearly laying out the standards and expectations of behavior for a child and enforcing those standards for the child until he can become a responsible adult.
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"...it is the lack of discipline nowadays that causes many young people to get on the wrong track."
Amen to that, Menno! I watched a lady at store once when I was in my twenties, and she was talking to her son in a gentle voice ( who was about to touch something breakable ), saying things like "Now, Johnny, don't touch that. If you touch that Mommy will spank you." A few seconds later Johnny started to touch it anyway, and again she said "No no Johnny. Don't touch. Mommy will spank." A third time he started to touch it and she said "No, Johnny. I said don't touch that. Mommy will spank" in a slightly more firm voice. Then little Johnny looked at her and touched it anyway in a defiant manner, and she said "Now Johnny. Why did you touch that? Mommy told you not to touch that" and she never followed up on her promise to spank. The truth is, Johnny isn't stupid, and he knew she wasn't going to spank him.
Now, when I was growing up if I ever defied my parents deliberately, they immediately took me out of the store to the side and popped my bottom five or six times, enough to feel pain, but certainly not enough to break any bones or inflict any kind of serious injury. You know, God put just enough padding and nerves back there that it drove the point home to get a spanking, but it was over in a few minutes, other than the embarrassment of everyone knowing that I got a spanking, which was a deterrent in itself. Many kids today have never been made to mind and obey their parents or any kind of authority, and we're seeing the end result of that- defiance against all authority, the idea that everything is an entitlement, and that the world revolves around them and their wants and feelings. Their idea is "If I want it, take it, and no one has the right to tell me no."
Again, I never had to spank Kristin that I can recall, but she was an exception. Then again, I got to spend an inordinate amount of time with her because of having been given custody. I'd like to hope that the extra time together meant that I was a very good influence on her. (Then, maybe I'm just flattering myself. She might have turned out fine anyway. lol)
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