Author: harry p.
A Gen X mechanical engineer who values family, strength, discipline, self-reliance and freedom who is doing what he can to protect his family, belittle morons and be ready for the tough times ahead. Discipline=Freedom View all posts by harry p.
Excellent. Vitamin N is proven to be a tried and true Snowflake Syndrome antidote.
Anyone who has ever raised a child to adulthood with success understands that one of the best things you can do for them is instill a sense of self discipline. At a young age, there is no self discipline anymore than there is an understanding of the language, or complex motor skills- they must be trained and developed. As they mature they refine these skills or- left untaught- they atrophy.
When a child reaches maturity, self discipline is the stuff that gets them out of a warm bed in the middle of the night when an emergency presents itself, keeps them to a promise, ensures that they are valuable as either an employer or employee, etc.
Some of the best moments in our relationships have been the aftermath of these confrontations when we help them to discipline themselves through correction, regardless of the high emotions at the time.
excellent…just excellent!
I found that some parents live vicariously through their children,
and that the over indulgence can be a form of keeping up with
the Jones family.
I have 2 boys/men children that I raised with love and respect.
It turned out well for them and for me and their Dad.
I was lucky.
Thanks for bringing this to our attention. I posted it to Facebook and hope that the parents of my daughters’ friends take it to heart, because I am tired of the “but XX has an iPhone” argument coming from my 8 year old.
Greetings,
The moment my daughter could read, the only gift she ever received from me was a Christmas and Birthday gift certificate to Barnes & Nobel – books. Now an adult, my daughter still reads as it is her favorite pastime.
Reading is my earliest memory. My Mother got us the Grolier Encyclopedia of Children’s Stories. Tales from Aesop and such. I was four.
This is why our universities and schools are in such a mess. We have taught these children that protests often achieve what they want. So, of course the little darlings think if they protest enough, we will have a revote and throw out Donald Trump. Uh, no, we won’t.
My brother and I grew up in the SAME house and raised by the SAME crazy parents.
My parents only favorite pastime was yelling and screaming at each other and they did it as often as possible.
I was 10 when I realized this was happening to us(me and my brother).
I joined and left for the Navy at 17. I graduated a year early from the piece of shit high school I went to.
When I had my kids( they’re grown now), I MADE them work with me on weekends and school holidays cleaning up our construction yards and at some of our remodel projects. I paid them well for their efforts and they LIKED having money.
We had no tv… still don’t and they didn’t care. I refused to pay for cable with 700 channels of shit.
My kids are independent and don’t have tv in their homes. I’m very proud of them because they don’t need “a man” to sustain themselves. Yes, they are female and build houses. They make a lot of money!
My brother… I love him dearly… took a different path. He seems to feel that his children(3), should have everything he didn’t have when we were growing up.
I hate to say that of this writing, my niece and nephews are some of the WORST spoiled rotten miserable little f%#ks you ever had the displeasure of enduring.
Very sad. They manipulate him to the point of frequent public embarrassment. We can’t get together anywhere without those miserable little shits throwing a tantrum about whatever is on their miserable little minds… unbelievable. 🙁
So I’m a firm believer in the power of NO. It doesn’t mean you have to be a jack ass about it like my parents, you just have to make them WORK for the extras.
The game “Cash Flow Rich Dad Poor Dad ” was INVALUABLE to my children. I taught them early on what I wish I could’ve learned myself as a young man.
I KNOW that “NO” works!
jus sayin’….