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The problem once again here are the politicians who create stupid laws.
Bank in my day, if we misbehaved we'd get a slap on the head and you learned your lesson (or you got better at hiding your activities), if the cops caught you, you received similar treatment.
Today's kids aren't allowed to do anything and I truly believe that the more you restrict what kids can do the more they will rebel, it's there nature. Fact is that you learn from your mistakes, not that I condone going out and stealing car or stabbing someone but kids need to learn where their boundaries are, if they learn that the little things aren't OK than they will understand that the big things certainly aren't ok, however these days the kids seem to not bother with the little things and graduate straight to serious crime because they have been couped up for so long.
Fortunately for me, my oldest boy is into swimming, he's targeting to compete and win at a national level so between school, eating/sleeping and training 16hrs in the pool a week he doesn't have a lot of time for other stuff.
I know a few coppers through family etc, one told me of a story about a teenager that he picked up but because they were under age they couldn't do a lot so he dropped the kid off @ home and told the parents what he'd been up to, not long after they had to re-visit the family residence because the old man had beaten the boy to within an inch of his life......
I remember when the anti-smacking laws were first introduced, the kids thought it was funny and tried it on, I let them know in no uncertain terms that the law change would hurt them more than me, If I should smack them and they called the cops, than I may go to Jail but they would be taken out of the family home go into foster care with the state where young boys will get beat and molested and what ever else goes on in those state type boys facilities........ yet another government agency I have very little faith in, but that's a whole other thread/rant.
Bank in my day, if we misbehaved we'd get a slap on the head and you learned your lesson (or you got better at hiding your activities), if the cops caught you, you received similar treatment.
Today's kids aren't allowed to do anything and I truly believe that the more you restrict what kids can do the more they will rebel, it's there nature. Fact is that you learn from your mistakes, not that I condone going out and stealing car or stabbing someone but kids need to learn where their boundaries are, if they learn that the little things aren't OK than they will understand that the big things certainly aren't ok, however these days the kids seem to not bother with the little things and graduate straight to serious crime because they have been couped up for so long.
Fortunately for me, my oldest boy is into swimming, he's targeting to compete and win at a national level so between school, eating/sleeping and training 16hrs in the pool a week he doesn't have a lot of time for other stuff.
I know a few coppers through family etc, one told me of a story about a teenager that he picked up but because they were under age they couldn't do a lot so he dropped the kid off @ home and told the parents what he'd been up to, not long after they had to re-visit the family residence because the old man had beaten the boy to within an inch of his life......
I remember when the anti-smacking laws were first introduced, the kids thought it was funny and tried it on, I let them know in no uncertain terms that the law change would hurt them more than me, If I should smack them and they called the cops, than I may go to Jail but they would be taken out of the family home go into foster care with the state where young boys will get beat and molested and what ever else goes on in those state type boys facilities........ yet another government agency I have very little faith in, but that's a whole other thread/rant.