[rivermom]

It does seem disturbing that the majority of the "younger generation" today seems to not have the same characteristics as kids did before. Or maybe it's only the fact that as I age it seems to me this way?

I get so confused trying to figure out if it's really the kids changing or just me aging? It baffles me really.

It seems to me the world is so much in a hurry these days. I remember growing up having "family dinners around the table". I don't think you find that much anymore. Hurry, hurry, hurry...Stress, stress, stress...

Shoot, it wasn't a crime back when to "dicipline your kids", spank them in public when they got outta line. Now you do that and you find yourself on the 10:00 news. Or if that doesn't happen, kids themselves call "family services" and tell them that their parents abuse them. It's totally insane to me really.

I do find myself worring about the generations coming quite abit.

But, the bottom line is a child needs bounderies. It keeps them safe, lets them feel secure, and worthy. A undiciplined child is the same as an undicplined dog. Both totally out of control, unhappy, unsettled, and not comfortable within their surroundings.