Quote Originally Posted by wombat2u2004
Yes....I do agree that things were much better way back when Pam.
As for parents losing control.....well I have my very own opinion about that, and that is that the world and society are more affluent than they used to be. Money doesn't seem to have the value to people now as it used to have.
If parents have a problem with their children, the first thing they do is throw money at that problem....it's quick and easy and available, and solves the problem in the short term.
In my day, my parents never had the money to throw at us. (And even if they did, there were 6 of us.....that would have been a real rumble !!!! )
Wom
Right on the mark Wom! I agree with every word. I have watched parents in stores give in to their three and four year old children without offering any resistance at all. These are then the same parents, when called into school a few years later because of their child's behavior problems, who will side with the child against the teacher. What kind of adult does that make? (My I have really taken this thread off topic. )