2007-01-12 20:02:36 · 14 answers · asked by amber m 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
You know what they tell children in other countries? NO!
I just don't ever see that happening anymore. When is the last time you saw a parent tell a kid no...and hold firm.
2007-01-12 20:05:47 · answer #1 · answered by Greed...Is Good 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In some ways. When I was a kid we played outside until the street lights came on mostly without supervision. We where able to do this because our parents took the time to teach us a few things and we knew an absolute authority (Mom and Dad) who possessed and would use their right of corporal punishment. I can safely say I had my A S S whooped outta trouble. Trouble I never got into cause there where consequences and I knew them. Now EVERYTHING in a child's life is negotiable. I submit to you that in many cases a 6 year old does not need to make a decision; they need to be told exactly what to do when and how. Long way to say yes, I think children are given to much freedom. WAY to much.
I wanted to add this. One of the other answers stated a punishment as extra chores. This practice relates work with punishment. IE, if your bad you have to work. That idea will not work in the real world. I have had to try to work with some kids who where raised that way. It makes for an impossible situation. I had to fire them.
2007-01-13 04:15:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suppose there are some children that have to much freedom. However, my children, don't! I monitor them constantly. I want to know where they are, where they are going, when they are going, when will they be home and who will they be with.
I might sound like a strict parent, but I do remember what it was like to be a teenager. And I was not a good girl growing up! I have also raised my children differently then what I was raised. My children are growing up believing in Jesus and living according to the way we think he wants us to live.
We do have our troubles though. They are not perfect children no more than I am a perfect parent. However, when they cross a line that is not suppose to be cross, they have to suffer the consequences of their actions. They will either be grounded or have to do extra chores.
Compared to the times when my parents grew up, children today have different priorities and parents today are much more 'comfortable in lifestyle' This has resulted in children being raised differently, therefore, having to much freedom.
My mom still tells me of how when she had to go to bed at dark (because they had no electricity) then get up at sunrise to go out into the cotton fields. She worked all day along side her brothers and sisters, picking cotton. When the day ended, it was the same as the day before, go to bed, get up early, pick cotton.
Kids today do not have lives like that. But neither do parents. Technological advances have improved our lives, but have also made us lazy...
2007-01-13 04:15:41 · answer #3 · answered by †♥mslamom♥† 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes. Way to much freedom. But this is a different day and age, then when I was growing up. I didn't know the meaning of freedom. But I feel that has helped me be the person I am today. I am raising my children the same way:FREEDOM IS AT HOME!!
2007-01-13 04:07:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
no, because they don't have freedom, because their parents cant trust them to do what they're told they have to get cell phones to find their kids by tracking them. when I was a child you had to do what you're told to do. You couldn't drop out of school , you couldn't lie about what you were doing, These days people can't discipline their kid and they try to be their kids friends instead of socializing them for the work world.
What happens to a teenager who graduates from college, the mother has helped the kid write paper, gets the kid up in the morning , lets the kid stay home from school whenever, that child is not prepared for the work world of day in and day out toiling for a company not that interested on whether the graduates mother gets him up or not. So not being able to tell the kid what to do and expect him to do it wil not prepare that child for the dog eat dog business world
2007-01-13 04:13:11 · answer #5 · answered by magpie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I disagree that that children are given more freedom . If freedom is granted with parental control then the children can attain emotional maturity and stability.
2007-01-13 04:08:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes
2007-01-15 01:10:54 · answer #7 · answered by froglegspete 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES! Go to parenting and look at how many people ask something along the lines of "What do I do with my out of control child"... Makes me sick that parents can't parent, won't have no interest or don't know how.
2007-01-13 04:44:59 · answer #8 · answered by Noota Oolah 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they are, it is mostly the parent's fault. They can dictate how much freedom children have or not.
2007-01-13 09:02:33 · answer #9 · answered by Tee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope it depends on the parents. its the real world now teens and children need more freedom so they can learn life isnt ladee da candt land but you cant give too much freedom or theyll go outta control. just moderation is all.
2007-01-13 04:07:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋