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<blockquote data-quote="inactive" data-source="post: 1870781" data-attributes="member: 7488">I agree with this, and good on you for doing what you had to do.&nbsp; It sure sounds like, given the circumstance, you did what was warranted and cooler heads prevailed (on the part of the kid) and all is good, for now at least.It&#039;s not about kids these days versus kids in the &quot;old days.&quot;&nbsp; You are right that it&#039;s all about parents instilling good decision-making abilities in their children through discipline (though not necessarily physical discipline).&nbsp; But parents are as good and as crappy now as they were then.&nbsp; The only differences are the speed at which information (mostly negative) is shared.&nbsp;&nbsp; If you think on the whole that kids in the past were any better decision makers than the ones today, you&#039;re fooling yourself.SgtMojo here didn&#039;t get a typical example a &quot;modern&quot; kid.&nbsp; He just got one with poor decision making skills.&nbsp; It just easily could have happened 20, 40, 100... years ago.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="inactive, post: 1870781, member: 7488"] I agree with this, and good on you for doing what you had to do. It sure sounds like, given the circumstance, you did what was warranted and cooler heads prevailed (on the part of the kid) and all is good, for now at least. It's not about kids these days versus kids in the "old days." You are right that it's all about parents instilling good decision-making abilities in their children through discipline (though not necessarily physical discipline). But parents are as good and as crappy now as they were then. The only differences are the speed at which information (mostly negative) is shared. If you think on the whole that kids in the past were any better decision makers than the ones today, you're fooling yourself. SgtMojo here didn't get a typical example a "modern" kid. He just got one with poor decision making skills. It just easily could have happened 20, 40, 100... years ago. [/QUOTE]

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