Problems related to poor discipline are on the
rise in this country. For many reasons, some of today’s parents have become
discipline slackers - perhaps too tired to instill good habits or too busy to stand
up to their youngster’s bad behavior. Is it because lenient moms and dads are
trying to make up for time they do not have with their children? Are parents
reading every possible book on the subject and then following trendy ideas
about parenting rather than relying on common sense?
There seems to be a great misunderstanding about
those four old-fashioned words, "Because I said so!" Some child
raising specialists consider them repressive and potentially damaging. Other
experts have convinced parents that the psychologically healthy family is a
democracy. This sounds good. In fact, it sounds great!- The only problem is
that it is pure fiction! Someone has to have the final say in any family and
that someone should be an adult. Turn a family over to a child and that family
is in trouble!
