http://disqus.com/by/MotherSuperior/enTue, 24 Jun 2008 14:12:37 -0000http://fastcase.blogspot.com/2008/06/justice-of-paddle.html#comment-739277<p>The judge needs a medal not a lawsuit! Yeah yeah...old school blah blah...There are two generations between me and school children these days and something has been lost in the shuffle! That something is discipline..I don't mean a beating when a child misbehaves but guidance with a firm hand. Half of them don't know what it means to eat at the table or interact with their own family. And don't tell me I don't know what it means to be poor. The way to avoid the paddling and/or the heavy fines is to habilitate your children into the polite ways of society so that they don't think they can loot and plunder with impunity. Children have taken over the home and the schools and they are not equipped to handle the responsibilty entailed which is why they do the things they do. Did I spank my children...you bet I did! Did I beat them? Never. But they knew what they could and could not do and they learned that there were consequences to every action. That's REAL life...not T.V. life where the dead rise again to be in another movie. They learned to work and EARN what they wanted. It's called real life. <br>Give the judge a dozen roses...help him, don't hinder him. The parents are mad because they know they haven't done their job and want to make the judge into a bad guy because if the do the right thing, then the kids might be mad at them. Give me a break. Set the rules, define them in an understandable way, and then ENFORCE them with a firm hand. Help them stay out of the "system". <br>Julia M, Cleveland OH</p>MotherSuperiorTue, 24 Jun 2008 14:12:37 -0000