Taking Personal Responsibility to new lows.
Recent review of Lazy Days RV Park in Florida has the park getting a 1 out of 10. Reason, the reviewer broke their ankle. Did they break their ankle because the park had carelessly left equipment ...
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IndyCamp wrote:jplante4 wrote:
My parents (in particular my mother) went by spare the rod and spoil the child. The only trophy I ever got was a welt across my backside.
Sorry, but I think that is equally ridiculous.
I was also beaten as a child as a means of punishment, but I never once put my hands on my son for anything other than a hug or high-five. He is one of the best behaved kids I have seen.
It is possible to raise responsible children without hitting/whipping them AND without giving excessive praise. There is a middle ground.
Never met someone who wasn't thoroughly disciplined as a child that turned out OK.
This is the more correct translation of the saying mentioned above:
Whoever spares the rod HATES their children, but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline them.
In this wording, the term hate is synonymous with "enemy" or "foe". I do not desire my child to be my enemy, therefore they will be disciplined.
