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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had a kid destroying my front yard the other day and I came out to ask if he did what he just did. He stared at me for a few seconds and said, "yeah." I told him to stay out of my yard. He turned his back to me and started walking away, not even listening.

His mom was standing ten feet away and said nothing, only smiled. Then they walked on.

I do fear the younger generation will have a higher rate of narcissism, sociopathy, and possibly incarceration because their parents simply refuse to teach them appropriate manners, boundaries and how to communicate respectfully with adults.

It doesn't matter if your kid is "gifted" (and I use this word very loosely these days) if they're not a good person at heart.[/quote]

Well said!

Mom of 3 teens. Part of my job as a mom is to model and teach and correct and remind my children how to be polite and kind and mannerly.

I work for our local school system. You know what I see daily? A general lack of respect for elders, most especially adults.

I’ve experienced multiple neighbor kids question me when I’ve said to stop playing ON my driveway ( I’m backing out in my car), to not climb my backyard fence, to go home, etc. All reasonable requests from me, a very kind, “nice” mom. Horrified to get in each situation either a “why?” as a response or worse, the beginnings of a temper tantrum.

We as a generation of parents explain entirely too much to our kids,instead of saying,”stop!” This is the result; rude back talk and endless questions.[/quote]

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