What an irresponsible and dangerous world we have created.
Thousands of years of childhoood discipline has been destroyed in a single generation.
I was recently told, by a mother in her thirties, she could no longer control her son. He is two years old....He is surely headed for a life of crime because 1) his parents are too busy making money and acquiring "stuff" to be proper parents and 2) his parents do not understand discipline IS love.
Not long ago, my wife and I made the mistake of meeting the couple and that small boy at a Mexican restaurant. The parents let the child run all over the restaurant and grab things on every unoccupied table and bring them back to ours. I was so embarrassed to be seen in the company of such irresponsible parents, I told my wife I'd never go anywhere with them again.
The inmates are truly in control of the asylum.
The New Orleans anarchy is only a small taste of our future.
The need for both parents working and out of the home is part and parcel of the nanny state raising good little socialists. One begets the other. More social programs, more taxes, etc....
So true...and also the trashing of the greatest public school system in the world by the NEA, the courts, and the tort lawyers so that we are now producing only uneducated morons....a greater threat to America than any terrorist group.
And if you told them that, they would probably curse you out. We have friends who also have a little 4 yr. old hellion. On the rare occasion we meet them for dinner, I pray they will leave him with grandma. It never happens and neither does a pleasant dining experience. He always ends up crying a throwing a fit because they finally stop him from climbing on the table, running around, flinging food everywhere, etc.
I watched a video of the "riot" situation at the High School in Houston the other day. The parents had gotten involved. One of the mothers was literally jumping up and down, screaming and flinging her arms around... like a nutcase. The other "mothers" tried to calm her... but had to back off. It reminded me of the 5 yr old kid that got handcuffed. Sigh. At least we know where this is coming from, eh?