'Children are out of control these days.'
Yeah, I know. That's something old people say. A small part of me hates to admit it, but Yes, I'm old, and Yes, I said it. Kids these days need to be checked.
'Checked' is an urban slang word meaning to put someone in their place, as in, "best check yo self, before you reck yourelf" (urbandictionary.com). And checked is what needs to be done with children in this day and age, who have grown up in homes where parents are straight up idiots. I'm cognizant of the fact that kids today grow up in a world that is not the same as the world people my age grew up in. You may have seen that chain email showing how kids growing up now have never known a world without microwaves, cell phones or cable television. All of these things seem like advantages that would make a better child. Not so much. In fact, it seems that children have gotten worse then my days growing up.
'Well you don't have kids of your own, Fourth Oldest! You don't know what you're talking about. Wait till you have some of your own, then tell me a thing or two about raising kids." I know, I hear some of you saying that.
The thing though, is I don't need to have children in order to know how children should act. I was a child once. (A few reading this probably think that things haven't changed much.) I know when I was checked. And when I was checked, I knew exactly why I was checked. And my parents weren't the kind who tolerated foolishness. My dad and mom didn't beat my brothers and sisters without cause. There was always a cause. 'Cause I had to tell you more than once' was a cause. 'Cause when I said so once, that should've been enough' was a cause. 'Why? BeCause' was a cause. So on and so forth.
I saw this video today, and it just made me want to choke a child into Thursday. Watch this, then read on.
Uh Hmmm. Did you see that? Did you hear the set-up by the newscaster, then see the young boy? How many cracks does it take to get to the center of obedience with this child. The shocking part is, it seems the firefighters are still in the middle of rescuing the mother (who is still 80 feet below from where they are standing), the father says he was worried the entire time that the boy was on land above by himself. Then, (as most undisciplined kids do)the kid in the midst of all of this tries to get some camera time. Incredulous, right? How many of you bet that those parents are currently being monitored by Child Protective Agency for fear that they will beat that boys okole until he speaks clearly.
This is just one reason why I think that Bernie Mac had it right when he said that he believes that when a kid gets one years old he has a right to hit 'em in the throat or the stomach. If he's grown enough to talk back, he's grown enough to get F&%$@* up. Although, in this case, it looks like the father needs some training on parenting. Didn't he seem more interested in how he looked on television, rather than have a face to face, hand to fanny conversation with his son. No, I won't be the first to volunteer. I don't have the 'hands on' experience that people with children do. I won't help with that job. But what I would do, is use Bernie Mac's educational suggestions on the father and work my way down.
P.S. Pardon the fresh language above, but I'm sure that's not the first time you (who are parents) have experienced that level of disobedience and had to deal with it.
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