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What came first? The chicken or the egg?
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 677893" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Not all kids responded to being afraid. That never worked with me as a kid. And I do think things are more OPEN now. But there was always child abuse, wife beating, alcoholism, drug addiction and disrespectful kids. And not all parents could ever count on their kids. And in this day and age, some of us CAN count on our kids. I know I can. And not all of our grandparents could count on their children. It's a fallacy. The internet gives us fast info to things that happen today...so the sharing of our lives is new. Things are less private now.</p><p></p><p>It is almost a stereotype that each generation talks about how much better our generation was compared to other ones. If you live in a poor area, you will not see entitled kids. My own kids had to work for their stuff, especially my older kids, and they are not entitled...they don't expect us to support them.</p><p></p><p>I think the biggest difference is corporal punishment, which in my opinion is NOT a good way to parent a child, and how we used to keep things a secret. There are also more divorces and single parents now and guilty parents now due to all that...this alone can make us all (myself included) feel better if we give our children too much.</p><p></p><p>Remember that this is a Conduct Disorders board. Most adult children do not demand money from their parents nor refuse to go to school or work nor do they refuse to launch. I believe that is the exception.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 677893, member: 1550"] Not all kids responded to being afraid. That never worked with me as a kid. And I do think things are more OPEN now. But there was always child abuse, wife beating, alcoholism, drug addiction and disrespectful kids. And not all parents could ever count on their kids. And in this day and age, some of us CAN count on our kids. I know I can. And not all of our grandparents could count on their children. It's a fallacy. The internet gives us fast info to things that happen today...so the sharing of our lives is new. Things are less private now. It is almost a stereotype that each generation talks about how much better our generation was compared to other ones. If you live in a poor area, you will not see entitled kids. My own kids had to work for their stuff, especially my older kids, and they are not entitled...they don't expect us to support them. I think the biggest difference is corporal punishment, which in my opinion is NOT a good way to parent a child, and how we used to keep things a secret. There are also more divorces and single parents now and guilty parents now due to all that...this alone can make us all (myself included) feel better if we give our children too much. Remember that this is a Conduct Disorders board. Most adult children do not demand money from their parents nor refuse to go to school or work nor do they refuse to launch. I believe that is the exception. [/QUOTE]
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