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#478573
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Children: Discipline and the Consequences or Lack Thereof
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My background:I'm a somewhat spoiled senior in high school who deals with middle schoolers frequently as senior patrol leader in his scout troop. Having been that spoiled awkward kid, I think I have a decent idea of how to be the brat.
I've turned out all right, so far, though.

This is an interesting question. My nuclear family hasn't been particularly affectionate towards one another for a number of years; however, when I was young, we loved each other very much. I received on occasion what I would call tough love, serious lectures or shouting fits from one parent or the other. It takes a lot (and did) of disrespect for my parents to ever touch me. I think that's the way to go: serious lectures, occasional tough love, but never beating.

Our extended-substitute-teacher for English said that he believes parents are more interested today in children having happy childhoods than teaching them to be good people. I'm inclined to agree, which is why there seems to be a lack of discipline in many of the "little monsters" found today all around. I believe in teaching moral standards while allowing children to be themselves, but never forgetting what they get taught. Even if it means being harsh, better to raise good children than brats who look on their happy childhood with nostalgia and fail to move on.

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#478049
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"I am wondering.....why are you here?"
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ChainsawAsh said:


the people that post here.  You're all stand-up folks, and you make this place feel like a real community as opposed to a place for fanboys to come and circle-jerk each other about the ridiculous minuitae of the films and the EU.
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CA said it. Sure, there are occasional times where I wonder why we discuss something, but I would wager that 95% of the community rolls their eyes when people talk about Star Wars as perfect. It's nice to see how even in a community dedicated to one movie series people can have so vastly different opinions and debate - or even see the most die-hard fan get educated by a newcomer. That's what's fun about OT.com, in the Star Wars sense: we all have our own visions, our own dreams about what the series is. Oh, and discussing other topics (such as film in general) is always good.

Or it could just be that I'm a man dictated by habit and can't stop coming. Yeah, it's probably that.