Disciplining is Part of a Parent's Job
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Listening to some media outlets, there seems to be a constant influx of news regarding children, youth and teens, behaving badly or downright criminal. School shootings, armed robberies, bringing weapons to school, the list go on and on. It may appear that children nowadays are completely out of con 
trol. They lack respect and discipline. So why is this happening? Well, it is not hard to find the answers. The problem with kids today is the same thing that is wrong with the adults today. Although there are some children that are raised correctly and still mange to mess up their lives, the majority of these children's problems come directly from their parents or adults in their lives.
First of all, children are very impressionable. They see adults acting a certain way, good or bad, and the copy that behavior. The court system and others act as if children should know better, and perhaps they should, but when adults are acting badly how do you think that affects children? For example, how can we focus on school shootings without focusing on workplace shootings? Before school shootings became popular, there were, and still are, workplace shootings that take place. News stories constantly show adults resolving their disputes with violence, so what would you expect from children? There are many children who are not raised in a family where morals and ethics are taught.
These children are surrounded with dysfunction all around them, including violence and drugs. They grow up with dysfunctional attitudes and ideas. Society turns a blind eye to the problems facing these children, but is quick to condemn and punish them when they succumb to their environment. You have children being raised by parents who are either too young or not ready to be parents. You know the ones - they leave small children in the car, sometimes a running car. They leave children locked in an extremely hot or cold car. They leave small children home alone. They are never home or somebody else is always watching their children. And of course, there are the parents using or addicted to drugs and alcohol, whose priority is their next high not their children.
First of all, children are very impressionable. They see adults acting a certain way, good or bad, and the copy that behavior. The court system and others act as if children should know better, and perhaps they should, but when adults are acting badly how do you think that affects children? For example, how can we focus on school shootings without focusing on workplace shootings? Before school shootings became popular, there were, and still are, workplace shootings that take place. News stories constantly show adults resolving their disputes with violence, so what would you expect from children? There are many children who are not raised in a family where morals and ethics are taught.
These children are surrounded with dysfunction all around them, including violence and drugs. They grow up with dysfunctional attitudes and ideas. Society turns a blind eye to the problems facing these children, but is quick to condemn and punish them when they succumb to their environment. You have children being raised by parents who are either too young or not ready to be parents. You know the ones - they leave small children in the car, sometimes a running car. They leave children locked in an extremely hot or cold car. They leave small children home alone. They are never home or somebody else is always watching their children. And of course, there are the parents using or addicted to drugs and alcohol, whose priority is their next high not their children.
- Waiting to discipline a child once they become an adolescent is too late.
- A parent should be a parent and a friend.
- Discipline needs to be consistent