Originally Posted by mdaniels4
I agree with all of the above Black. part of it is the two earner parenting unit, the idea of "Army" kids that MUST be "all you can be'. attitudes of what the right thing is to do, cell phones and texting, inability to set boundaries. Just tons of stuff. You can only do what you can do in your own family and hope they see the value in this. if they don't they rebel and become worse than what you see already out there. it's a roll of the dice which one you get. But if you're consistent right from the very start then the odds are good your kids will be too. Inconsistency is the killer of it all.
My daughter is too young... but believe me, the boundaries are already set and in place. I can tell you my daughter will whip all those problem children and exceed them in every way. I don't think my daughter is special or better than others her age... but her advantage will be the structure I will provide. She will be set up to compete and be successful in the real world as I have. She will have a brain and know how to use it.