Kids

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some of the replies in here just make me 

I have 6 kids that I have raised since they were born.....and every one of them has gotten a spanking.....

many years ago my sister was living with me and she had two kids who never got spanked...my kids did..we got into a huge fight over it, I told her straight up she will regret it one day...she has had so many issues with her kids its unbelievable, one is having a kid..they have both moved out at under 18, think they can do and say what ever they want, both have been in trouble with the cops.....it goes on and on.....now im not gonna say I have perfect kids....but when the bus driver tells you, you have the best kids they ever had on their bus....or when any one who comes over to our place sees how our kids are, they cannot believe how well behaved they are.....see my sister was there when my "dad" beat the living crap outta me....im not talking spanking im talking about beatings, viciously ...she saw what he did to me so she went in the exact opposite direction and refused to hit her kids at all, I know you should discipline the the ones you love...the ones you are in charge of....a "spanking" is not violence, it is discipline, a "beating" IE- smashing your sons face against a granite wall, because they were 15 minutes late is not discipline, it is violence, a huge difference between the two, and if those of you who cannot tell the difference between the two.....well I don't know, but you should not have kids.   

[Guppy35]

Funny how it works Ink.  I didn't spank my kids and got the same comments regarding their behavior on the bus, at school, at friends houses etc

Clearly there is no one right way.

[CAP1]

everyone is different.

 that;'s what i tried saying earlier, before it got hijacked into a "if you touch your kids you're beating them" discusion.

 some will do well without needing it....some will need it. only the parents can know what is good for their own kids. 

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Funny how it works Ink.  I didn't spank my kids and got the same comments regarding their behavior on the bus, at school, at friends houses etc

Clearly there is no one right way.

absolutely agree.....I'll say this also, my sister lived in an area that was "bad" so her kids were very much influenced by there surroundings and that has a lot to do with it I believe.   she let them go where they wanted and with who....also not a good thing, there is no set way of raising our kids, except the fact that it is not good to "abuse" them, physically, mentally, in any form, hell I remember the words of my step mom a lot more vividly then the actions of my dad, and they have effected me way worse in the long run, that old saying " sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me."  is an out right lie. "bruises" heal but words never go away, they come back and haunt you every day,  its been much harder for me to over come the words of my step mom then the beatings of my dad.

[Sonicblu]

No, I'm talking about FIRST highschool robotics.  We've been here since 2005; we have our own metalshop and everything.  It's a great experience, and I'm the group's unofficial photographer.  I'm 14, and I love getting beautiful shots of fellow kids and our robots.

-Penguin

First does all age groups. 9 to 14 are first lego league. Then in highschool they build their own, im pretty sure its all part of First thought

[clerick]

my sister lived in an area that was "bad" so her kids were very much influenced by there surroundings and that has a lot to do with it I believe...

Parents NEED to be the primary influence in their child's life.  If you cannot do that and do it in a positive way, please don't reproduce.

[VonMessa]

everyone is different.

 that;'s what i tried saying earlier, before it got hijacked into a "if you touch your kids you're beating them" discusion.

 some will do well without needing it....some will need it. only the parents can know what is good for their own kids. 

HA!

Some kids in same family are different even

There were plenty of times that I got a swat on the rear (well deserved most of the time, too.   

I don't think that I can remember my sister ever getting one, though   

[EskimoJoe]

Parents NEED to be the primary influence in their child's life.  If you cannot do that and do it in a positive way, please don't reproduce.

/thread.

[CAP1]

just when ya think it's dead.......the gift that keeps on giving

[VonMessa]

just when ya think it's dead.......the gift that keeps on giving

Herpes?

[CAP1]

Herpes?

 

[dedalos]

We can do something.

At the  bus stop ... kids who send and receive sms by cellular phone.

They are walking and they are sending sms again.

In classroom ... writing and receiving again sms.

And if you speak with them, they read the stupid sms too

Too bad !!!

They will grow with potatoes into their brains.


 

I'd be more worried about fixing stupid in adults than a kid texting.  No cell phones allowed in classrooms so you fail.  Nice try though.

It is amazing how we try to show that everything they do is wrong.  Even texting at a bus stop is wrong? 

[Banshee7]

No cell phones allowed in classrooms so you fail.

Of course they're not allowed in the classroom, but it hasn't stopped some kids.  I see it every day, and I'm in a college that most of the professors will kick you out of class if they catch you.  Same thing happened in high school (as a matter of fact, it was worse). 

[dedalos]

Of course they're not allowed in the classroom, but it hasn't stopped some kids.  I see it every day, and I'm in a college that most of the professors will kick you out of class if they catch you.  Same thing happened in high school (as a matter of fact, it was worse). 

So, some kids now and in college not in high school.  At list we agree that texting at the bus stop is not a crime?  I remember when we could smoke in college as long as we sat in the back and by a window but that was ok.  I would think in college we are talking about adults?  And as far as I know, no cells are allowed at my kids school period and the phones stay at home anyway.  If high school was worse it is another fail for the adult teachers and parents.

[Banshee7]

I definitely agree, dedalos.  Back in my high school (total of 400 students, 9-12), it was not uncommon to see a few students texting.  It was always a game with the teachers and the students--the students would try to find new ways to disguise themselves texting to fool the teachers.  When the students were caught, it usually wound up with the prinicipal keeping the phone for the rest of the day--repeat offenders had their phone taken by the principle for a week or until the parent comes to pick it up for the student.  

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Again, I agree that when we talk about college we are talking about adults.  By the time we get to college we should have enough respect and responsibility to know when it is appropriate to have your cell phone out.