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| quote: | Originally posted by nchs09
u see i think parents are just to lax on disipline. but SURELY u can teach with out violence. weather it is punishing them, taking away priviliges.
kids will learn. also the bullshit "CASUE I TOLD U SO" attitude. gotta explain shit to kids |
he's right. as a kid, that damn 'im the dad, i said so' shit pisses the hell out of me.
i really messed my dad up when i turned 14 though. he told me i could NOT go to an EDM event. when i asked WHY, he said 'because i said so.'
i reacted to this, in one of my brightest moments in adolescence, by asking the following. "but can you explain it to me please? i mean, after all, you ARE my dad, and whatever you say goes, but in the end, whatever decision you make is only in my best interest, so of course, if you say i shouldn't go, there is a reason, you don't just do it to keep me from having fun, and if you explain it to me, i'll learn and might find out how some things that sound really fun are not that good for me."
i sorta caught him off guard. he was NOT expecting that. so, he started blurting out one crappy cliche after the other, about drugs and whatnot, which i kept refuting. long story short, i went. saw Deep Dish, they kicked much ass back then (not the commercial crap of nowadays). been partying ever since. 
i also believe, if your kid does something wrong, you should punish, but punish in a way where he understands what he's done. ie. you make a mess, you clean it up. if i slap the shit out of him every time he makes a mess, not only will he not get why messes suck, but he will hate me. furthermore, if you punish him when he does bad, pay attention and reward him when he does good. i always resented my parents for trying to chew my ass when i dropped from straight As to a B average, after being on honor roll for 6 straight years, and maintaning an A average for another after that. (i transferred to another school). they barely said 'nice' whenever i had a report card, and then, just because my grades drop a bit, they think they can go ballistic on me.
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