Out of control teens...
By shrashira
@shrashira (438)
United States
August 8, 2008 3:47am CST
I have watched TV shows that have out of control teens, mothers crying, early pregnancies, etc.
Is it me or is the link between them all is the lack of a father in the house?
It seems in society now, the father figure is seen as an option not a neccesity. I am all for strong women, in fact my mother raised me without the aid of a father.
I didn't get out of control, ONLY because she was very strong. I mean "do what I say or I'll break your neck" strong.
Seems most parents are afraid to really discipline a child nowadays. I got more than my fair share of strong parenting. Then again, it may have saved my life.
What do you think?
3 responses
@magicneel (63)
• India
8 Aug 08
when parents themselves are out of control how they suppose to preach to a young buddy who dosent have much sense about what he is doing......its strongly upto the parents how they bring up their kids.
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@shrashira (438)
• United States
8 Aug 08
I agree. But sometimes as a parent you must have a firm hand before things get bad.
@mitija (82)
• United States
8 Aug 08
I agree. I have seen these shows and I think if these girls had a father living with them they would not be acting the way they did. Society is making it harder to discipline your own kids. It's getting to the point where parents are scared to discipline their kids because they're afraid they will get in trouble for it. This leads to kids getting more and more out of control and ending up on these shows.
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@shrashira (438)
• United States
8 Aug 08
Well said. I am not afraid to lay the hammer down.
In fact, it's because I laid the hammer down that I don't have to worry about my littles getting out of control.
I would rather go to jail for keeping my kids straight then watch them go to jail because I didn't.
@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
8 Aug 08
Who really knows what leads a kid to go wild. I had two strong, loving parents, but I was a wild kid. Out of the 6 of us, 2 of us were "wild", while the other 4 only got in normal teenage trouble.
My wife and I are strong also, but I remember times we gave in to crying, screaming or other carrying on by our kids. We did a lot of the things the "experts" say bring on risks of wild kids. One of our kids had uncontrolable tantrums for a couple of his elementary school years, but other than that, all 4 of our kids were pretty good.
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