Originally Posted By happyface I just think that parents are too distracted from their kids. I think we need more "tools" that help people connect with their kids and teach them to live within limits that are not neccessarily tangible.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<Road Trip, I have 4. 2 sets 18 months apart, thank you. Email me and I can tell you where to send that paycheck >> OK... I admit when I am wrong. But don't you hate it too when others are excessively judgmental about how you raise your kids? If you've got four of them, I'm sure you've been criticized about how you raise them on more than one occasion. I mean you DO have a mother-in-law, don’t you?
Originally Posted By Dirk_Diggler_65 How about a tracking device imbedded in the harness? With an optional cellphone.
Originally Posted By happyface ^^lol. Yes, RT- I do hate it. I am an extremely judgemental person. It is a flaw that I struggle with on a daily basis. Forgive me and know that I tend to get a little dramatic with my opinions.
Originally Posted By HRM >>You guys give kids today too much credit.<< Actually, we probably don't give kids today enuf credit; otherwise (1) they wouldn't be figuring ways around parents monitoring them, and (2) we wouldn't know how to operate half of the new electronic gizmos we have without our kids!
Originally Posted By HRM >>ANYTHNG would be better than those danged harnesses some folks use.<< I agree, and argued against the use of harness also... until I found out my mom used one for me becuase I got lost in a department store and she couldn't find me. She went to Security crying and it turns out I was hiding in one of the clothes display unit. Now I just smile and tell my mom's story... ) and RoadTrip. regarding #35... #34 might have been in response to #32. but it's also an interesting reponse to #33! Again, the winds of LP fate... ;o)
Originally Posted By HRM >>Tranquilizers would be a good idea, too. For the kids, not the parents.<< I don't know, there are some parents out there....
Originally Posted By HRM >> >>Most pass gas, burp, wear their dinner in their hair with little concern to how the others in the room feel about it ------- I do that, Whats wrong with it<< ME TOO! LOL!!
Originally Posted By HRM >>If you've got four of them, I'm sure you've been criticized about how you raise them on more than one occasion. I mean you DO have a mother-in-law, don’t you?<< AGAIN, LOL! )
Originally Posted By happyface My mother in-law used to be ugly to me all the time until her other son took a common law wife. Now, I am blessed with a mother in law whose other daughter in "common-law" is a drug addict. Everything I do looks marvelous next to her and therefore, I am worshipped by her for being not the loser mother my sister in-law is. Lucky me.
Originally Posted By mentalhh I am 18 years old, and just started my last year of school before I enter the big bad world of university. As for a teenagers point of view there is one sentance which is so old and cliche and you should never use: "I trust you, its just THEM *narrowing eyes* I don't trust". It is such a lie, and by the time they hit 14 they probably know it. Its been on too many sitcoms, so its lost effect!
