[Jaysun]

Sadly you are right. I also hate the parents who can't let their children be blamed for anything...its always your child's fault or someones else's...their darling couldn't wouldn't do any such thing...... I am a class mother and I get parents calling me instead of the school complaining about the teacher or other children. I try to explain I am not able to help them, call the school. One mother told me off in words I can't print here. lmao. I feel sorry for her child and thats one child my daughter won't be playing with.

I believe that the "it's not my child's fault" crowd outnumbers the rest of us. It's to the child's detriment. An undisciplined child grows up to be an undisciplined adult. And an undisciplined adult is worthless - sometimes even dangerous - to society.

[pandoraou812]

Exactly!...... I had a boy who would attack my 2 younger sons whenever the 2 older ones weren't around. This kid would hit my boys with sticks or whatever he had handy. I would call the mother and she would hang up on me. I would call the police and they would stop the fight and tell me there wasn't much they could do but take a report until one of my sons was really hurt.... One day my elderly neighbor took a broom and she beat the boy for hitting my sons. No police ever came, the boy never hit them again or even came back into the neighborhood..... And to this day whenever it snows my boys shovel her out and make sure her garbage cans go to the street. She told me that was how she dealt with bullies. She is usually a very sweet old lady but she just got tired of this bully.

[NonValueAdded]

I don't think the problem will get any better: No Spanking Bill (New Proposed California Law)