12yr old boy arrested for opening christmas present early

[DianaB]

This is a case where the Mother hasn't been discipling her child properly and now expects the police to teach it to her son. If she would have been disciplining her child and making him mind her, starting when he was very young, then she wouldn't have to turn to the police. We have a lot of kids like this in our society. They're sent to school and the teachers are expected to teach them manners and how to mind and when that doesn't work then they're put on medication.

Teaching your child respect, for you and others, is the best thing that you can teach a child. Once a child learns to respect you then they're willing to learn from you. Too many parents let their children make all the decisions and their lives revolve around what the child wants. That's wrong!!! You are the parent and to gain your child's respect you have to enforce that you are the one in charge. This starts when they are very small and you can enforce that you are the parent, not when their teenagers and you can't control them.

I could go on and on about this subject because I firmly believe that our children's behavior is a direct result of how we parent our children.