what is really wrong with todays parents, kids so dam undissaplined?

Answer 1

they never learned to spell?

Answer 2

I can see what you mean. The discipline doesn't have to be in the form of hitting the kid of course...since some others brought that up.

Anyway, I have to wonder if some of the parents in my neighborhood are even bothering to tell their kids to look before running out into the street or zooming out on their bikes. And, God forbid you beep at those kids. Some are like 7 years old, and they mouth off at you for the slightest little beep if they don't see you. They give obscene gestures or scream obscenities...or both. And when kids have been hit by cars in my neighborhood, it never phases them...or their parents. I mean, what is going on?

I can't wait until they are driving and have to put up with the same thing. Or, maybe they shouldn't drive. Who knows how reckless they'd be driving, especially if their parents don't bother to tell them about driving safely.

Then there's also the issue of when kids are older...enough to either go for higher education or get a job. The parents watch the kid just slack off for a handful of years after high school, not even encouraging them to do something with their lives. When they don't encourage anything, it's like leading them into a life where they won't get by...they'll just be struggling all the time.
I'm talking kids who are perfectly capable of either going to school or working somewhere. Yet the parents don't care that their kid doesn't want to do anything.

I think in my neighborhood, the irresponsible parents are starting to outnumber the responsible ones unfortunately. I give a great amount of respect to any responsible parent, who teaches their kids how to be safe in all situations...and who encourages their kids later on to be a productive member of society.

Answer 3

Due to work pressures, most parents simply lack the time and energy to discipline children. It isn't intensity of discipline that makes good kids - hence the occasional "good whipping" when the parent has had his/her limit and has a meltdown doesn't have the impact expected. It's consistency that counts, and consistency takes time, energy, and composure. Good discipline is essentially leadership, modeling the right behavior and creating steady disincentives for the wrong behavior, which someone who is completely fried after a twelve-hour day does not have the energy to do.

I wish more people would be candid with themselves and admit, early on, that they don't have time to raise children. The vast majority really do not, then delude themselves that they'll manage somehow and have children who are, indeed, undisciplined.

Answer 4

The problem is partly the fact that kids are having kids, have crappy role models in society, the fact that child welfare services are abused by people who have a grudge against the parent,or the fact that parents use their children as status symbols instead of wanting to see to their health and well being.I have a much longer list, but i think this will suffice for now.

Answer 5

not all children are lawless,disrespectful,lazy or just plain mean,your question should have read like this>>>whats wrong with parents today,why do they refuse to raise their children in a manner that is acceptable,in a manner where they become productive people when they grow up,why do so many grandparents have to do this job for them since the parents are still busy playing video games and living the kind of life that does not include children?

Answer 6

the problem isnt as much as the parents even though there are some but the government gettin involved and tellin us what we can say or do w/ them and the kids know they dont have to listen they just have to make a phone call and even when you dont abuse you get in trouble for , I have a sayin w/ mine and all 4 know I am dead serious as well, go right ahead and call cause by time they get here and they are slow I will ahve a reason to go to jail & they have it made here not at some foster home. never been in jail & dont plan on unless do to go.good luck

Answer 7

You are probably a teenager or a single person aren't you? Judging from your spelling I would say a teen or pre-teen. Am I correct?
Excuse my anger but you are clueless. Everything gets blamed on parents. What about peer pressure, the public school system. modern culture, rap music lyrics and videos, MTV, TV shows like Degrassi and similar shows, neighborhood environment, etc. Parents try so hard. They should be very influential on their teens but it often doesn't work out that way.

Answer 8

I have kids . I'm not scared to spank and ground .The Kids today are just as lazy as the parents .Parenting is work . You have to be willing to put forth the effort to get the rewards . Buddy crap with your kids doesn't work and oh yeah , if you are a parent set an example and learn to spell so you can help them with their homework!

Answer 9

It's a very permissive society that we are living in today and parents hardy have any say in how they raise their kids. The state has seen to that and this is the result you get when the state takes over.

Answer 10

Not only that, some of them can't spell or use correct punctuation.

The "w" in what should be capitalized since it begins a sentence.
There should be an apostrophe in the word todays (today's).
Dam is spelled damn.
Undissaplined is spelled undisciplined.

Answer 11

My parents beat my a$$ when I was rotten, I turned out fine. Same for my sister. We are respectful of other people, say please and thank you, and are generally very polite. I attribute every bit of that to being disciplined and raised appropriately by my parents. I have every intention of doing the ame with my kids.