The 21st Century

I couldn't agree more with this post. I feel that there has to be more to the behaviours and excuses that are more evident now-a-days. Respect and responsibility is being pushed aside for rights and no responsibility. There is no such thing as a pecking order within the family unit any more and that includes the parents. Majority of the time it is the younger child who seems to wear the pants in the family and gets away with so much more, all while calling the shots. I think as parents become busier, the easy option is to say yes or opt to quieten the child down with some sort of gadget to play with. These failures are starting with the parents but it is the teachers at schools who are left to pick up the pieces to try enforce some kind of rules and routine. Often the schools are then not supported by the parents in these matters. There is also a lack of consequences for bad choices. Children need to be held responsible for their actions or otherwise they miss the life lesson. Children think they are equal with the parents but this is not the case. Parents have a job to do when raising children and that is to be a good role model and guide their children through life. By letting the child do what they want , when they want and how they want does not do the child any favours.