What happened to kids these days?

[Armistead]

Originally Posted by Platapus

I completely agree that kids should not be beaten like I was when I was a kid.

But the other extreme is equally wrong.

A kid should always know that the parent is CHOOSING not to hit the kid, but should never feel that the parent CAN'T hit the kid. There is a world of difference

I think that because of the over reaction of some child "protection" services that some kids are being brought up thinking that the parent can never even spank them.

True, often in stores you would see other kids pitching fits and moms begging and pleading, causing more fits...I would just look at my son and say.." you know what I'd do to you if you acted like that."...

I think today parents feel they need to befriend instead of parent resulting in a very immature generation of kids today. Maybe it's me, but they seem 5-8 years behind emotionally than my generation. Kids today have so much more, including my own. I never saw toys except Christmas or Birthdays. Never any junkfood, we ate 3 meals a day...Heck, I was working almost 40 hours a week when in school and my father made me pay rent. I was out on my own right out of school. Turning 18 for many of us back then was a ticket out the front door.

The job of a parent is to become not needed.