10-31-2004, 01:06 PM
Zagatto Wrote:I've always believed that people should be required to get a license before having a child. There are too many kids growing up with parents that don't spend the time to teach them what respect is.
I look back at a time when we didn't have cable TV, cel phones, big box stores, the internet and a whole slew of other "modern conveniences" that have creeped into our lives. During that time it was possible for one parent to work while the other stayed home and took care of the house and family.
These days with the increasing numbers of single parents or families where both parents have to work to be able to afford the bills it gets to be very hard to make sure that quality time is given to kids. For the most part, kids learn from the people around them. If parents aren't around their kids then that leaves kids to hang out with each other and do their best to figure out how to behave.
So that brings out the question, how do we go about giving our children a place to learn what respect is if parents aren't around to teach it? Is there some way for people to enjoy a "modern" lifestyle and still have time for the whole family?
Anyone that doesn't agree with Zagatto needs to go watch an episode of cops. Seems at least once an episode a baby is being abused somehow. Last night some chick left her baby outside the bar with some drunk guy so she could go drink with her husband. Meanwhile the baby fell over 2-3 times in the carriage and people called the cops and then things went even more downhill...
The lady at the end when the cops were taking her kid still thought what she did was responsible parenting.....