Hmmm...I missed this the other day. Oh, I think it depends on the individual. No doubt some people's faith help them greatly in coping with trials and tribulations. A lot of people don't believe in anything and I can't condemn them for that, nor do I think they're detrimental to society. But you're right, community is important rather than existing solely as individuals. But I don't think that community has to be based on religious beliefs.
I don't remember why I was arguing this point (and do not have the patience to read everything again...) But if you ask those individuals why do they do what they do. For example, why do they strive to acheive more than their basic needs? I would love to know how many will tell you (not in so many words) that they do it for a cause that is greater than themselves. That to me is faith; unconventional, I know, but it works.
GoddessOFSouls wrote: SO thats a French/Irish Canadian? would that make you a minority? There's nothing minor about me.
LOL I think I heard that someplace before! (I have a feeling it was you saying it, but none the less) LoL
(the kids walk by iam reading and laughing out loud, they want to know why) LoL Iam sorry but you all are just way to strange to fully explain ..........LOL
Nope teach a child about free will and you never have to worry that they will be minor mirrors now will they ever MIND you as they should, but they will hear you out before saying NO! LoL
LOL YES, That is a fact, I remember when my kids came home from school and said "If You Spank Me Child Protective Services Will Get You Arrested" and I laughed.
and the VERY NEXT time she was getting a spanking for something Naughty she Said. "I'm Going To Call Child Protective Services On YOU!"
I said, "HEY, How about *I* dial that Number for you" the total shock on my daughters face when I called her bluff was priceless.. she tired that a few times with ALWAYS the same outcome ... that and she also used "I'm Going To Run Away"
My Reply was always the same. "So, Would you like me to help you pack your bags?"
as she went off into her room to pout I sighed a deep sigh, realizing that one day she would call my bluff when she was old enough to reason it through, I hoped that she would be old enough by then to understand why.
THANK GOD, she is now a Mother herself and totally understands
Haha..that's funny. They don't know how good they have it until they're given a reality check. Who really need to be spanked are the political correctness police who want to tell people they can't spank their kids. As long as the parents only use reasonable force it's none of their damn business.
Half of them don't have children themselves. the other half's children are not well adjusted. that only leaves those of us who did it the old fashioned way. LoL
I do believe that many go to far so I suppose that those rules need to be in place. but for god sake there really does have to be a happy medium in place someplace, don't there? and what has happened to using Common Sense. So many kids are growing up a product of there upbringing making the circle all that much more muted.
Well, all parents are different so you can't generalize, but the ones who really love their kids aren't the ones using excessive force. Many generations of well-adjusted people have been raised by parents who spanked them, so why is it suddenly an issue? Who's to say time outs are degrading to kids as well?
Anyway, we're raising a generation of weenies. They get coddled so much...hell, you can't even grade their school work in red ink anymore! They'll get a rude awakening when they're forced to get jobs and find out no one's around to coddle them anymore.
I think that well adjusted comes when you talk to your kids and punish them as needed. there is a HUGE diffrence between a Beating and a Spanking. In realizing that kids need structure to learn and become adults we often tend to forget that they are still our Children and will always be our children.
some of the most intelligent conversations I have had with young people have come from kids that were allowed growth in the mind without beating the life out of there spirit. Kids will be Kids, allow it to grow and nurture them into full grown well adjusted adults let them understand the world around them, show them that there will be consequences to there actions.
Old fashioned Morles worked for Grandma and Grandpa and they will work for US as well.
That's right, a parent should never strike out of anger. Not everyone is qualified to be a parent though, and some have no right having them. Their kids end up being resented and the odds are against them to become well adjusted. Then they likely become awful parents themselves. Such is the cycle.
LOL well I don't know about that, I was spanked as a child and Iam not wild about the whole spanking in a naughty way..HOWEVER I do understand the whole pain/pleasure thing, I just prefur to have the pleasure without the pain THANK YOU! ........LoL