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Originally Posted by NeonSamurai
I think the answer frankly is balancing out all the sides. Don't spoil them, yet don't starve them either. Give them lots of love, but also lots of discipline. If they want something, make them earn it.
Frankly I think kids today are coddled and spoiled way to much, and utterly lack in discipline. I also think daycare and both parents working is problematic as well. I feel this is what is creating people who only care about themselves, and feel entitled to everything, since many of them have been given what ever they wanted, for no effort on their part.
Look at the stuff kids are running around with today: blackberries, iPods, iPhones, etc. I love watching them in class and on the bus furiously texting each other, like what they are doing is the most important thing in the entire universe. My mom likes to call them the "me and more" generation, its all about me, and me wants more more more (doesn't matter what just as long as it is more).
Sure these kids can be goal driven, but their drive stems entirely from pure greed. Which I think has been brought on by a society of rampant consumerism. We have been bombarded by advertising, telling us we need to buy all of this crap, and people are doing just that.
Btw the answer to the meaning of life, the universe, and everything is 42  |
Just about on the money Neon. Our situation is awesome. My wife teaches at the school my girls attend. Everyone goes the same direction all day. Needless to say the school is private and requires monies of course. As a result, my wife does not accept poor grades. She is of the mind that working hard to have them at this school requires hard work from them to do well. She is not paying $800.00/month for poor grades. I'm known as the "Homework Nazi."
I make sure it gets done and quizzing happens.
Today is harder IMO to raise kids. The electronic gadgets, 500 TV stations on a large screen TV. No seeing friends face to face, text messages, IM and email. Then again, we bring this on ourselves but need to learn to curtail it as well. The distractions are numerous and need to be monitored.