What's wrong with kids these days?

[Mike80]

Which leads me to ask: do your kids say "Yes Sir" and "Yes Ma'am" when speaking to adults, or do they do like my brother's kid from California used to do......say "Huh?" or not respond because his nose was in his Gameboy?

I ask this because my kids automatically say "Sir" and "Ma'am" like good little Southern raised kids (Example: "You got that lynch knot tied right there boy?" "Yes Sir....it will hold that Socialist even if he drops ten feet." ), and I notice that the practice is not so much universal anymore, and totally absent from most of my single parent kids.

My kids will. My daughter actually does surprisingly well for a 3 year old

I think it's a bit more than just saying yes sir or no sir. I think it's important for parents to build their kids up and instill a sense of pride in their kids too.

 

[Gatorubet]

I think it's a bit more than just saying yes sir or no sir. I think it's important for parents to build their kids up and instill a sense of pride in their kids too.

Mike, it is not only about saying yes sir or no ma'am....

If you don't spend at least an hour a day on the subject of Nursing home selection, you are screwing up your future.

 

[Basebuck]

I'll tell her to swell someones eye shut.

I was a small dude in first grade. I was one of the younger kids in my class. Third grader walked up to me and sucker punched me in the eye. I had a flashback to my older brother smashing the plastic eyeball of my Oscar the Grouch and I unleashed hell upon the third grader. My brother still has his coming.

This is what I thought too until recently. My son is a well adjusted, "popular" kid at his school. However, he is in the lower 5% on height/weight charts. One of the larger kids in his class was flicking the back of his head. He told him to stop 2 times. Then on the third flick he told him that he was going to "knock him out" if he didnt again. The kid flicked him again, my son got up, and hit him in the eye. This was all in the middle of class so the teacher told the two kids to go to the office. At that point the assistant principal called the police and my son, (who had never got in any trouble before), was arrested and charged with assault. They put handcuffs on him and walked him out. When asked why they did that, we got "that is the policy."

Moral of the story is... whether or not your kid is being bullied they cannot fight back unless you want to see them suspended and $2000.00 in Lawyer fees.

 

[Gatorubet]

Only wondering.....does the kid flick him in the head anymore after he got punched?....or does he do it more because he knows your kid can't hit him or go to jail?

 

[Basebuck]

Only wondering.....does the kid flick him in the head anymore after he got punched?....or does he do it more because he knows your kid can't hit him or go to jail?

He does not. We've since found out that this kid had been bullying several others. Doesn't sound like he's picking on anyone now.

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

At that point the assistant principal called the police and my son, (who had never got in any trouble before), was arrested and charged with assault. They put handcuffs on him and walked him out. When asked why they did that, we got "that is the policy."

Lawsuit...