Today’s Mom says: Just wait…”Just wait until your father gets home”.
I really never heard this when I was a child… my mother didn’t wait… she took care of it herself… right then and there. Unless it was really something really bad… then my mom took care of it, and so did my father when he got home. The bigger the dirty deed, the bigger the punishment… a double hitter.
Today’s Mom says: “You’re gonna get a time out”
kinda like a warning… I never got this either… there were no warnings… except after the fact. Do the crime, get the punishment, then get warned NOT to even think of doing it again.
Today’s Mom says:“Wait until I get you home” ( when you were acting up or throwing a tantrum in public)
I never heard this either… there was no wait until I got home… things were taken care of right then and there… and then additional punishment came later at home.
I never heard this either. My toys were marbles and green army men… and they were confiscated if I was lucky enough to be sent to my room. Most of the time I was assigned to a chair… sit there, think about what I did… no talking or moving. Penalty?… added time min the chair.
Today’s Mom says: “pick up your toys”
If I didn’t pick them up, mom picked them up for me. And it was not to put them into the toy box… they disappeared for several weeks until I proved that I could listen and put things away.
So what’s up with society and today’s moms?
And why do kids act up and carry on in public, uncontrolled and pampered?
Remember the old saying…. “Spare the rod and spoil the child” … but the socially unacceptable practice of spanking negates almost any kind of physical discipline.
Guess this is why kids just don’t listen and are out of control.
Where has society gone wrong. They don’t have a clue.
