Where is this notion that children were more well-behaved "back in the day" coming from? Westside Story, the Warriors, Grease, the Outsiders etc are all iconic movies that were basically commentary on how kids in the 50's-80's were all badass little shits who stole, robbed people, beat the shit out of people and killed each other on a pretty regular basis. Totally regardless of the fact that beating your kid was socially respectable back then.
edit- Which isn't to say that I'm not an advocate of hitting kids- there's a lot of brats that I see being brats and think "that kids needs a beating". However, I think the problem with kids today is the same problem that kids have always had, which is that parents simply need to pay more attention to their kids and not roll-over whenever they start acting like a brat. My grandmother beat my dad and his siblings so badly that she got arrested for child abuse in the 70's, lol. Didn't stop most of them from growing up to be shitheads.
Reminds me of the time when me and my whole class in school had to kneel on the floor with our backs straight and our hands behind our heads without moving for 20 minutes, its was a lot worse than it sounds. Utterly horrible.
Teachers with imagination got around the whole outlawing of corporal punishment thing, though what she did would probably be illegal now too (heck it could well have been illegal at the time, this was only the early/mid 90s).
Originally posted by Tzeentch._
Where is this notion that children were more well-behaved "back in the day" coming from? Westside Story, the Warriors, Grease, the Outsiders etc are all iconic movies that were basically commentary on how kids in the 50's-80's were all badass little shits who stole, robbed people, beat the shit out of people and killed each other on a pretty regular basis. Totally regardless of the fact that beating your kid was socially respectable back then.edit- Which isn't to say that I'm not an advocate of hitting kids- there's a lot of brats that I see being brats and think "that kids needs a beating". However, I think the problem with kids today is the same problem that kids have always had, which is that parents simply need to pay more attention to their kids and not roll-over whenever they start acting like a brat. My grandmother beat my dad and his siblings so badly that she got arrested for child abuse in the 70's, lol. Didn't stop most of them from growing up to be shitheads.
Teachers of 40+ years disagree with you, of course.
Originally posted by dadudemon
Teachers of 40+ years disagree with you, of course.
An analysis of the history of child crime reveals that children of "today" have always been the worst. If you believe people in general we've been in the midst of an ever rising tide of child criminals since the US was founded.
Originally posted by dadudemonI'm sure they do. And when I'm 40+ I'm sure I'll be bitching and moaning about how bratty kids are these days and how "back in myyyyy day" this and that and that and this.
Teachers of 40+ years disagree with you, of course.
Mortality brings out the fewlishness in us all.
The whole "kids these days are horrible" trope's been going on since, well, ancient times.
http://quotationsbook.com/quote/44998/
And considering the number of horrifically behaved adults I see on a daily basis...not exactly inclined to believe that children actually behaved any better 30 years ago or whatever.
Anyway, making a child run laps for two hours with nothing to drink? That's not just abuse, but endangerment.
Originally posted by Cyner
Reminds me that when I was young and pissed off my mother enough she would discipline me in public. If I cried she would say "stop crying before I give you something to really cry about". Lulzy as hell now that I think about it. Hispanic moms are the best.
Pssh, that's an all moms' thing. Definitely heard that one more than once.