Replies to '04/17 Dangerous Kids'

Hi Susan, great to hear from you.  Doing well & glad to have taxes out of the way.

Re. the Easter service, I think we're all capable of both good & bad behavior, given the right or wrong circumstances, so that probably jives with us all being sinners.

I too see too many aggressive, spoiled, ill-mannered children & I think that stems from lack of discipline.  (And discipline does not equate with spanking.)  I think many of today's parents are waaay too lenient, parenting from guilt , wanting to be the kid's friend, & never wanting the kid to experience frustration of any kind.  It's easy short-term to take the easy way out:  giving in to every tantrum or the other easy way out (spanking) to obtain short-term order in the household or public place where the kid is having a tantrum.  It's more work in the short-term to establish time outs, loss of priviledges, etc:  non-corporal consistent punishment & rewards.  But in the long-term, the household is more orderly & the child is well-behaved out of respect, not out of fear.