gabulldogmom's Blog

well gabulldogmom...i believe kids do need respect..however if you disrespect me then you are mine!! and that goes for my kids friends. They all call me mom...therefore i will treat them as if they were my own. they all know my rules and i tell my kids...i brought you into this world i will take you out. I will spank not beat my kids and i tell them if they have a problem with this here is the phone number. My children and i grew up with an abusive father and i tell them the difference between me and your father is i discipline he beat you. I will NOT let anyone disrespect me or another adult and my children know this.
As far as this crap of not letting parents discipline their kids by spanking is something else. that is why this world is the way it is....we need to go back to the way it was when our parents ruled!!!!

I think if you have children you are always in for a big surprise. The more you have the more surprises you're in for! With trying to raise five of them I've had many surprises!!!!!! Everytime you think you've seen it all one of them shows me another surprise. Four of the five are adults now. All were very good kids until a certain age. Each were different. Problems started as early as ten to 16. Girls are the worst. I have four! There mouths can put you in a nut house. Boys tend to be better longer but when they decide to "be an adult" They can be worse than the girls. And if they're six foot tall it can be scary trying to discipline a screamimg maniac! Teenagers are the most annoying people on Earth. Where they come up with their so called wisdom I'll never know. Some of my kids have threatened me with the police. (how ridiculous) I beat them to the punch. My kids were never criminals or anything to major but if they'de try anything to out of control I'd calmly call the police on them. I pretty much new the whole police dept. by name. I know about taking away things and privleges for punishment. That's usually when the problems start. Especially when you would have to take their car! Watch out. The war was on. It's really hard today to do anything to teach children. Most of the parents I know allow their kids to do basically what ever they want. Be out forever, get F's in school, make up dumb excuses concerning their kids behavior etc. Unbelievable. If you have alot of those types of parents around then you're in trouble. I've dealt with just about every type of rediculou

Don't even get me started on the little demon spawns running around! My parents would have paddled by butt so hard I wouldn't be able to sit if I acted the way some of these kids do in stores, movies etc, etc.

My parents were by no means abusive. We learned quickly right from wrong and my parents tolerated nothing from us in public or in the house.

The new method of parent, just ignore it and it'll go away, is just down right scary!!!

I have always been upset when I see all the kids that run the streets all hours of the day in my area. I am talking kids that are under 10 years old out after dark and no respect for other people or other people's property!

Now keep in mind that I (as probably many of you) grew up never eating a meal unless it was around the family table! You went to a friends house or whatever - you WERE home in time for supper and bed time! and that is how I raise my kids. As a matter of fact, my kids are not allow to dish out their food until everyone is around the table.

So it was a real wake up call for me when I saw the commercials on TV for "eating around the family table". I was thinking "yeah...don't everyone? duh!" But then I realized I was seriously misled with that way of thinking!

So yes, I have thought for a very long time that the government needs to get out of raising our kids. I am so very thankful it is being talked about now! But parents need to be more active in their child's lives as well!

The real turning point for my kids was the day (years ago) that I was just sick of chores not being done and my rules being blown off. I sat all 3 of my kids down and told them "I don't HAVE to do your laundry - I just have to make sure there is a working washer and dryer for YOU to do them youselves! I don't have to cook your meals - I just have to make sure there is food and a way to cook that food!" I spent probably 15 min listing the things I DON'T have to do for my kids. They sit there with their mouths open and dazed as they realized what all mom DOES do f

Most parents are in denial. As far as kids being home alone, there really is no legal age. It's up to the parents discression. I'm sure at some point the police would bother, but as long as the kid isnt doing anything other than being a nusance nothing really will be done. When he starts getting in trouble (legally) then they'll take action.

My kids started bed times around 8PM. The older they got the later they could stay up. The funny thing is when they were older teens and wanted to be up till 11:00. I said ok but none of them ever stayed awake that long. There's no real guarantee how a child will grow up and behave. Each child has their own personality. They can all be raised by the same parents, the same way, and each one of them will decide what type of person they will be. You can guide them and teach them but ultimatly the end results will be their own.

I still had a curfew at 19. On weeknights I had to be home at 10pm, weekends 1am.

As long as my children enjoyed the freeness of living in my home they had a curfew regardless of age. when they no longer wanted to come home, or wanted stay out all night etc. It was time for them to leave. Then they were free to do as they pleased!

I am a 16 year old and here is my opinion. I do agree on spanking oddly enough. I have seen my dads ex-GF's daughters do some pretty nasty stuff to their mom. The mom had already called the police 2 times and the police told her to start spanking her daughter and she did, it worked I guess but now my dad and her have broken up. I was spanked when I was younger, not lately tho luckily and I don't think it made me a bad person. Although I did go skating tonight and my aunt slapped me for calling a girl younger than me a slut. But as far as the parents being involved in childrens lives my mom hasnt been in my life hardly at all she lives in georgia and I maybe see her once a year, and my dad after his last GF moved out I havnt seen him in 4 months, I guess hes supposed to be with another girl, but anyways im lucky enough to be living with my grandparents and I have my aunt and uncle. And I believe that the kids should have a sense a fear to their parents it will make them know whos in charge. I think the government should mind their own business!