tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post2244402265739744130..comments2024-03-29T05:28:17.263-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: On Liberty and ParentingOldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-23025688358562830212018-03-15T19:08:58.438-07:002018-03-15T19:08:58.438-07:00It definitely takes work. Sounds like you did a go...It definitely takes work. Sounds like you did a good job.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-41883721247012426932018-03-15T18:30:07.091-07:002018-03-15T18:30:07.091-07:00When my first husband and I split up due to his he...When my first husband and I split up due to his heavy alcohol use, I made sure that he was still involved in our son's life. When I went back to school, he was offered the chance to babysit while I was at class, and he went to his dad's every other weekend, unless there was a good reason not to. He was told if Dad was drinking, or he felt uncomfortable, to call Mom and I would come and pick him up no questions asked. Told Dad the same thing. There was only 1 time he ever called and that was when my nuts crazy sister-in-law slammed her hands on the front door window and broke glass all over everyone.<br /><br />My second husband made it very clear that he would back my decisions, and as he said It's the parents against the kids. My reply to that was the parents will always win. Used to tell my step-daughter our house was a benign dictatorship, that she was allowed to have an opinion, and express it politely, but that the parents would make the decision and she would obey it.<br />Lol. At her house with her Mom, she got her way 100%. At Susie's there were rules. But both she and my son turned out very well. So I wasn't too far off track. Both the steps and the parents worked together, and some days it took work, but we all wanted the best for the kids. Suzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07117433684554337583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-30572574049168665132018-03-15T11:34:08.782-07:002018-03-15T11:34:08.782-07:00Roger that Barry. Have to be ready for those "...Roger that Barry. Have to be ready for those "just in case" scenarios.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-78540154546033472592018-03-15T11:03:11.999-07:002018-03-15T11:03:11.999-07:00A most excellent movie and highly recommended. Har...A most excellent movie and highly recommended. Hard hitting and at times it felt like a gut punch. Had me thinking how much I care for my children and, although they are fully grown adults, they're still my children and I want to maintain an overwatch position "just in case".<br />BarryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-9418357860411583902018-03-15T09:36:53.434-07:002018-03-15T09:36:53.434-07:00Exactly!Exactly!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-46100960616393522322018-03-15T09:27:37.538-07:002018-03-15T09:27:37.538-07:00We do not have a 'gun problem.' We have a...We do not have a 'gun problem.' We have a parenting problem, especially evident in that portion of society where the 'nuclear' family is not encouraged and has been basically destroyed, by law. While good people slept in their beds, our government was modified to kill off the family, because "it takes a village to raise a child." And now we are reaping the field of evil we allowed to be sown. <br /><br />It seems like every day we are getting closer and closer to Communist China's "Cultural Revolution." Common sense, rule of law (via the Constitution and Bill of Rights,) statues and history, math (Math? Math is 'socially wrong'?) and science and art and real history are all on the chopping block, heaped up there by massed hordes of children and post-children (I refuse to call those creatures 'adults.') Open displays of communist flags, all we are missing is a cultural messiah.. oh, wait, he and his wife are getting a TV show on Netflix.<br /><br />As Pogo once said, "We have met the enemy and he is us." <br /><br />I hope we have some hope left, a chance to right the wrongs. Maybe if we get rid of all the activist judges we can stem the tide a few more years. That is my true hope, that the current president will give our nation some breathing and thinking room so we can reset softly, without the hardship of civil war.<br /><br />And...<br /><br />Darned, yet another reason why growing up when I did was great. We had "Pogo."Andrewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-88021391337934069762018-03-15T07:59:53.737-07:002018-03-15T07:59:53.737-07:00Yes. Yes. And, yes.
Our society has, in many resp...Yes. Yes. And, yes.<br /><br />Our society has, in many respects, failed. A generation which was never disciplined (at home or in school) is now raising undisciplined offspring. I don't know what the answer is, but certain possibilities frighten me.<br /><br />And a certain political party is taking advantage of the lack of discipline and lack of knowledge, when (if?) the other follows suit, we're doomed.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-83933152159513098272018-03-15T07:52:24.620-07:002018-03-15T07:52:24.620-07:00Dang! Between you and OldNFO, sleep is getting fur...Dang! Between you and OldNFO, sleep is getting further and further away.<br /><br />Concur with your thoughts on Parenting and see a lot of results of both good and bad parenting in our students. Both Parents and Students were adversely affected when Schools dumbed down discipline in the 80s and 90's. Children who were not properly taught self-discipline in the 80s and 90s are now Biological Procreators (they're not Parents) and have no concept whatsoever in teaching self-discipline to their offspring.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-83702943868980092342018-03-15T07:44:37.655-07:002018-03-15T07:44:37.655-07:00Concur.Concur.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-83423023131494115812018-03-15T07:37:42.639-07:002018-03-15T07:37:42.639-07:00I saw Wind River when it was in the theaters. It w...I saw Wind River when it was in the theaters. It was an excellent film.LLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538854359365988863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-63989151392592830142018-03-15T07:14:53.827-07:002018-03-15T07:14:53.827-07:00It can be done solo, but...
Like you said WSF, lo...It can be done solo, but...<br /><br />Like you said WSF, lots of bumps in the road.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-53821018882339761822018-03-15T07:09:23.764-07:002018-03-15T07:09:23.764-07:00Mom and Dad. True words. As a single custodial par...Mom and Dad. True words. As a single custodial parent for most of my two younger sons I say you need a team. All three of mine are doing ok, but with many unnecessary bumps in the road. Well Seasoned Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16670165728759453075noreply@blogger.com