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Message: <blockquote data-quote="wawazat" data-source="post: 3756807" data-attributes="member: 35603">All kids are deficient in the long term decision making process (impulsive) to some degree or another.  I was a typical country kid growing up and got into mischief but the line was at damaging someone else's property.  If it got damaged, I was to repair it better than it was before I tore it up as my next highest priority.  I also started coming home alone at around the age of 6 or 7.  We had calves behind the house and two Rottweilers that wouldnt even let my parents spank me outside.  I always had a dry erase board covered in my tasks for the afternoon that would be inspected when Mom got home from work.  Everything not done correctly was added onto the next day's list along with everything that was already planned for that day.  That damned dry erase board was my baby sitter for the few hours until Mom or Dad got home.  My Dad was at the fire station 2 miles away in case anything came up and I had a .410 pump shotgun in the well house with a phone so if anything was off I could lock myself in there with the shotgun and phone until Dad got there.Kids make mistakes, parents devise consequences to ensure they learn from them.  Eventually when they get around 28-30 years old they start slowly developing the ability to make decisions based on benefits down the road versus now.</blockquote>