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Winnipesaukee Divers · 08-24-2009, 06:17 PM

I just recently read somewhere here where someone said; "Nobody yells at my kid without getting an ear full form me" or something to that effect. My thoughts then were; "my god what's going to become of these kids of today when no one can scold them for getting caught being little jerks". Now you're (thats the rhetorical "you") saying someone should have put them in there place long before it got this far.

Well, which is it?

All I can say is; if my father had caught me being reprimanded in a restaurant (right or wrong), we would have gone for a walk out back for a little father to son chat and only one of us would be returning to finish diner... To be caught doing a vandalism spree like that, well, we don't need to speak about any near-death experiences. However, just the thought of what might happen was enough to keep me from doing such deeds.

How's that old saying go? "Spare the whip and spoil the child"... I'm living proof it worked for me.

08-24-2009, 06:17 PM	#33
Winnipesaukee Divers Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Exeter, NH or @ WCYC on weekends Posts: 250 Thanks: 7 Thanked 46 Times in 28 Posts	Lets see if I got this right... I just recently read somewhere here where someone said; "Nobody yells at my kid without getting an ear full form me" or something to that effect. My thoughts then were; "my god what's going to become of these kids of today when no one can scold them for getting caught being little jerks". Now you're (thats the rhetorical "you") saying someone should have put them in there place long before it got this far. Well, which is it? All I can say is; if my father had caught me being reprimanded in a restaurant (right or wrong), we would have gone for a walk out back for a little father to son chat and only one of us would be returning to finish diner... To be caught doing a vandalism spree like that, well, we don't need to speak about any near-death experiences. However, just the thought of what might happen was enough to keep me from doing such deeds. How's that old saying go? "Spare the whip and spoil the child"... I'm living proof it worked for me.