Drug Problem?

Question

The other day, someone at a store in our town
read that a Methamphetamine lab had been found in an
old farmhouse in the adjoining county and he asked
me a rhetorical question.
"Why didn't we have a drug problem when you
and I were growing up?"
I replied, I had a drug problem when I was
young:
I was drug to church on Sunday morning. I was
drug to church for
weddings and funerals. I was drug to family
reunions and community socials no matter the
weather.
I was drug by my ears when I was disrespectful
to adults. I was also drug to the woodshed when I
disobeyed my parents, told a lie, brought home a bad
report card, did not speak with respect, spoke ill
of the teacher or the preacher, or if I didn't put
forth my best effort in everything that was asked of
me.
I was drug to the kitchen sink to have my
mouth washed out with soap if I uttered a profanity.
I was drug out to pull weeds in Mom's garden and
flower beds and cockleburs out of Dad's fields.
I was drug to the homes of family, friends,
and neighbors to help out some poor soul who had no
one to mow the yard, repair the clothesline, or chop
some firewood; and, if my mother had ever known that
I took a single dime as a tip for this kindness, she
would have drug me back to the woodshed.
Those drugs are still in my veins and they
affect my behavior in everything I do, say, or
think. They are stronger than cocaine, crack, or
heroin; and, if today's children had this kind of
drug problem, America would be a better place. God
bless the parents who drugged us.
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Was this the good old days or what?? What is your opinion??

I was brought up this way, and I'll tell you what, I turned out to be a pretty dang good person.

Answer 1

I think young people need to be "drug" more often. It takes a lot of work on the part of the parents but the outcome is worth it. And it saves a lot of grief.

Thanks for sharing.

Answer 2

I was raised the same way and with the exception of the 'woodshed', I've tried to raise my own children the same way.
It amazes me how people can whine and moan about how miserable their life is, including occasionally my own children. People turn to drugs for all sorts of reasons but basically they're unhappy.
Neither I nor my children know what it's like to live in a country where the police can break in at any minute and drag us outside and shoot us. We live with the sounds of crickets and spring peepers serenading us to sleep and not the sound of overhead bombs and machine guns. We live in a place knowing that if we don't have enough food, we can get help from the government, churches or even neighbors because all of us aren't starving.
We live in a country that if we're sick, we can get medical help without walking 300 miles to get help from a clinic.. even if we have no insurance. My children are growing up with cable TV, computers and the internet, there has never been a time when they haven't had food in the house. It may not be what they wanted but they weren't going to starve. My children thinks going hungry means they haven't eaten in 8 hours.
We don't have a fancy house and my boys' have to share a bedroom. My kids' don't wear the latest fashion designers clothing line but they do have decent clean clothes. We don't drive around in a mercedes or have a housekeeper, no inground swimming pool in the back yard or an unlimited credit card for them to buy whatever they want. My children used to think we were poor.

Answer 3

Unfortunately a majority of parents don't feel the way yours did. Too many of them today just say go to your room, where you have a tv, dvd, cd, video games, etc., so that I don't have to deal with you. Thank God, our parents drugged us. Because as bad as it was back then, today these are my some my most cherished memories.

Answer 4

this was great. my boyfriends mother and and i were just talking today about how kids and people's behavior have change so much. those where the days when kids were made to help other and parents held the rein s and children didn't do as they pleas
but life changes my mom once said her mother would say say kids today and bla bla. so i think every generation says this

Answer 5

Amen Sister!

Thanks, RR

Answer 6

I suppose it is always "the good ole days" when we look back. No matter how bad we actually had it or how hard times really were......... It seems we always tend to say "wow those were the best of times".

Answer 7

I totally agree with you. These were the good old days. Unfortunately our society has become top heavy with people who are more concerned with themselves, money and the rush of their own "high" than others.

Answer 8

I beleive you a right, but with games TV and music and movies influencing the behavior of these easily influenced youngsters what chance do we have?

Answer 9

Oh yes, they sure were the good old days! I couldn't agree more with the next to last statement.

Answer 10

Why do people from earlier generations act like they are so much better than the kids of this generation. It was the same stuff...just concealed.