THIS GENERATION

KIDS

IT'S AMAZING TO ME HOW THROUGHOUT THE GENERATIONS THE BASIC STANDARDS HAVE CHANGED WHEN IT COMES TO RAISING CHILDREN.

I REMEMBER WHEN PARENTS RULED WITH AN "IRON FIST".

MEANING THAT THERE WERE NO EXCUSES, JUST PROBLEMS THAT GOT SOLVED.

FOR INSTANCE:

MY MOM WAS RAISED IN THE 40'S, AND HER MOTHER WAS RAISED IN THE TEEN'S.

I'M A 70'S BABY..

FROM THIS, I MEAN TO SAY THAT THE STORIES I WAS TOLD GROWING UP WERE THAT  IF YOU DID SOMETHING WRONG, YOU WERE HANDLED ACCORDINGLY.

MY GRANDMOTHER STRUGGLED FOR AN EDUCATION, MY MOTHER FOUGHT FOR HER EDUCATION, I APPRECIATED MINE.

WE'RE FINISHED.

MY KIDS ARE 9YRS APART, AND THE OLDEST LOVED SCHOOL, AND GOT HIS EDUCATION. 

MY YOUNGEST USE TO LOVE SCHOOL WHEN HE WAS A BIT YOUNGER, BUT NOW THAT HE HAS HIT PUBERTY HE'S BEEN TESTING US ALL.

NO MATTER HOE MUCH YOU TRY TO EXPLAIN, KIDS JUST DON'T GET IT.

I TELL HIM THAT HIS EDUCATION IS HIS SHIELD, WEAPON, AND SALVATION.

NO ONE CAN GET HIS EDUCATION FOR HIM, BUT HIM.

WITHOUT AN EDUCATION, YOUR DEFENSELESS! 

PERIOD!

I'VE NOTICED GRADES SLIPPING, AND BEHAVIOR CHANGING.

I DON'T BELIEVE IN LAYING MY HAND ON HIM, BECAUSE I FEEL I MIGHT SERIOUSLY HURT HIM.

I DO THREATEN HIM.

I WILL TELL HIM I'D LAY HANDS IF HIS BEHAVIOR DOESN'T CHANGE, BUT I DON'T FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THE TREATS.

I THREATEN TO TAKE AWAY ALL HIS PRIZE POSSESSIONS, LIKE THE CELL PHONE I SAID HE COULDN'T HAVE THAT HIS FATHER BOUGHT ANYWAYS.

THE XBOX, THE CABLE, ETC., HAVE RECENTLY BEEN REMOVED FROM USE.

SOME SAY I'VE GONE TO FAR, I THINK NOT FAR ENOUGH.

I KNOW PEOPLE THAT BELIEVE THAT A SPANKING IS WHERE YOU HAVE TO TAKE IT SOMETIMES.

I DON'T THINK THAT TEACHES THEM ANYTHING CAUSE THE BEHAVIOR CONTINUES, AND NOW ALL YOU HAVE DONE IS SHOW HIM / HER HOW TO PASS THAT DOWN TO THEIR KIDS. 

ITS HARD BEING A PARENT THESE DAYS, THESE ARE THE DAYS OF NEW, WHERE THE DAYS OF OLD ARE LONG GONE.

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON SPANKINGS?

SHOULD WE AS PARENTS SPANK OUR CHILDREN WHEN THEY DON'T LISTEN OR DO SOMETHING WRONG?

OR IS IT BETTER TO TRY NEW METHODS THAT DON'T WORK EITHER?

WHAT IS THE RIGHT ANSWER?