What do you think of children talking back to their mothers?parents?

Kids are definately more brave. They pick stuff up at school, daycare, and so many other places. I think alot of parents have become lazy as far as teaching and discipline goes. They would rather put up with the disrespect than show the kids a little tough love and lessons on why they should show not just their parents but all adults respect. If we dont show our kids how to treat us as parents they will talk and treat other adults in their lives the same way. Its embarrasing to have your children be disrespectful and if you are going to teach them it needs to start while they are young.

I see it all over the place and with all varied ages of children. I think it is just awful. There is no propriety or show of decorum. No respect or dignity. What a wicked world we reside in when children do not revere their parents - what will become of them later in life?

Well I think it's awful when kids do this....mine only ever had the chance to do it once and then they didn't do it again....time outs....soap in the mouth...I know....you shouldn't make your children suffer through washing their mouth out with soap.....but even getting a bit on their tongue does put a little signal in their heads that is attached to their tongues....so no talking back unless you want that awful taste in your mouth...

i feel children have a opinion like everyone else but to talk back after an adult has made a firm decision is wrong.like you said its disrespectful.when i was a child my mother would smack me across the lips if i did that.but in this day and age you do that you go to jail.

You said it well. Some children nowadays have crossed that line. BUt sometimes, the person to be blamed can also be the parents who didn't discipline their child effectively. Sometimes TV shows also influence this kind of behavior. By letting our children see violent cartoons or shows, this also resulted to decrease in moral values.

as a mother i dont want my kids answering back at me because thers a time before that my kid answered back at me.when i heard that,i slap him on his mouth and told him never to do that again.but sometimes,i have to give my kids the right to say and express what they feel or what they want to say because i believe that they also have a feelings and mind.as long as they are riht i am willing to listen to what they are onna say.but if they will answer back in a wrong way well i will not allow it.

I had a discussion sometime ago with some mothers. We feel that laws about child abuse had boomeranged somehow in this area. Parents are wary of desciplining their kids for fear of lawsuits. Do you think that countries with this laws have better-behaved kids than those who do not? It may be also because kids copy what the elders do. If they constantly hear elders bening disrespectful, they will be bound to do the same. more or less.

When I was younger I also spoke out against my parents at times, mainly when I was extremely angry with them for not letting me do something or if they were being highly unreasonably ( in my adolescent opinion) However, I did have a degree of respect for them, unlike the kids I observe these days. Not only are they completely disrespectful to their own parents, but also to strangers. It one thing to sometimes speak back to your parents, as all children do occasionally, yet I have experienced first hand how my son's friends even speak back to me . God, I was in complete awe of my friends parents ! Boundaries have most certainly been crossed and getting these back may take a couple of generations, if it will even happen...Then again, it's not surprising that a lot of children have no sense of respect and authority, when their so called role models are the worst of their kind ! Shouting, swearing, yelling, ...how do children learn behaviour if not first and foremost from parents? It's a vicious circle and I have no idea who will put a stop to it or how and when it will happen.