Kids Today

I have come to realize something, and it disturbs me on a level I have not felt in a LONG TIME.
I think I know why kids today, and/or teenagers are monsters.
Parents. It is up to us to teach our kids right and wrong, and among that is respecting their elders.

We see the teens with pants hanging off their asses, and talking about "fuckin' some hoes" and being proud of "taping" over 20 "fine ass bitches"...

That's just a taste of what i know of this. And it sucks. Of course I find it offensive, but it isn't my job to correct their ignorance when they don't realize it is wrong.

Adults my age (most of us) grew up getting spankings, yelled at, mouth washed out, or an occasional pop on the cheek to be corrected. I was taught to respect my elders, "Yes sir, no sir, yes maim, no maim" were to be used at ALL TIMES. I was taught to respect women as human beings with feelings. The mothers of a new generation, sisters, and daughters. I was taught to see the beauty within of anyone, and to respect them, and chivalry. You remember that? Holding doors open, puling chairs out? Romance her without expecting to get some action in return.

Jeeze, how this has changed. The good guys who are not expecting anything for holding open a door for a lady gets weird looks and tossed in the friend zone. Ladies want to find a good guy, but fail to realize the good guys are already placed in the friend zone. Those guys are there for you when your a-hole boyfriend dumps you harder than yesterday's trash. Wake up ladies, don't crawl into the sack with a guy you just started dating. Hes only after one thing, and you know what it is. Not your guy friends. they just want to spend time with you. Watch sappy romance movies, and have lunch with you, or split some Hagan-das with you when your feeling down so you don't feel as bad as you would when you ate it all on your own. Strangely enough, you never hear him talking about a girlfriend, or any girl for that matter. Always single, waiting for the right one to wake up and notice that the search for Mr. Right has been over the day you two met.

I respect women, and my elders, as well as anyone else I encounter. I prefer to ask the little elderly lady in the scooter at the store if she needs a hand, rather than watch her struggle, and walk away or laugh about it. The "Thank you" is all I ever want from anyone I do something for. "your welcome! Have a great day!" Is typically my response. I get commented often on how polite and considerate I am. Such a gentleman, and a kind-hearted person all-together. I don't like to toot my own horn, but it's true. I hate being mean to people unless they wrong me.
Unfortunately, being a good person and considerate of other people comes off as a weakness to everyone else. People see me as someone to take advantage of and discriminate against, because a nice guy is less likely to retaliate than the typical douche bag. I have been screwed over for being the nice, considerate and non-controversial type. Not really one to complain unless it is just THAT BAD.

When i first came to AZ, I had satellite TV, I requested to the Apt for it to be hooked up, and after a month of TV-less arguing with them over the matter, I said "fuck this, whatever" and canceled the service. To do that, I had to pay the remainder of what was left on the contract, and return the equipment to them on my own dime. This cost me 3 or 4 hundred dollars- (and I argued with the satellite company about that too, and again, i said "fuck it". Then, wouldn't you know, the next month a new neighbor comes in (not intended to be racial, but they were Mexican) and they had a satellite hooked up.
I was mad, then i saw more, and MORE satellites set up. Today, their are about 15-20 sat. dishes set up on our apt block alone. Now I'm furious and irritated. Lets also not forget how they will do promise to pays and what not for others, but when it comes to us, they don't answer the phones, and hit us with late charges for not paying rent by the 3rd, when that was a Sunday, and they closed early on Saturday, and check doesn't come in until the weekday on or after the 3rd. The maintenance man shows up forever after we call them, and they tell me "that's normal" and leave. They don't tell us when we have packages in the office when we call (when they answer) and do nothing about idiots parking in the emergency lane or in two spots when we call about it.
The school has dicked me out of LOTS of money too. I was told i would have help finding a place for me and my family (BS) and finding a job in my field (BS). The address i got for the school was the wrong one... I tried to have everything close- my job, school, and home. I tried so hard to make that happen, but i had the wrong address for the school, and the first apt complex would not let us in with out proof of a job. It was Friday, 530 when i first got to the job location. I wouldn't be confirmed to have a job until Monday. So they expected me, my wife and 1 1/2 y/o son to sleep in the car for the weekend. Thankfully, our family helped us pay for a motel, but even then, we couldn't stay in that apt anyway so we found one close to school and it costs an arm an a leg. Water, and rent is constantly going up, and quality keeps going down. As for the education i have gotten, I feel as though I haven't learned enough. Some of these instructors do not know enough to teach what we need to know to strive in the industry. Like several things weren't covered because the instructors didn't know how to do it. The biggest jerks that were my instructors were ironically the most help full. I hated them, but i respected them. And still do. I would pay to be further instructed by those guys. Other than that, its been a waste of money and time. Even according to some of my classmates, its the same story, they don't feel like they got their money's worth in education. Some knew what they were doing more than the instructors. They just needed the degree.
My "nice guy routine" is what i was taught to be. I was raised damn good if I may say so. I was spanked, and all that other stuff that is now considered "child abuse", and I never set foot in prison, didn't join a gang, i respect women and my elders, and work hard to support my family and pay my taxes. As for doing that, some people make it seem like it is an awful thing to do. I get punished for doing the right thing. (How dare you feed your family?! What a monster!) I may sound conceded, but I feel as though I am a model citizen.
Ask prisoners if they were spanked. Ask "gangstas" if they were spanked. My best guess will be no. They weren't. Spanking does not make the child become a little shit. What makes them a little shit is the fear to discipline them. They understand the social status you want to keep. They don't want cps to be called on them for fussing, or spanking you in public, or hell, even for not doing anything.
Kid cries, "I wanna cookie, I wanna cookie!!" first, it is supposed to be "May I have a cookie please?" Second, No. Most parents will hear nothing but crying until they get their way. Some will pass out before they get it.
You know, its lose lose for parents when our kids flip a bitch in the store over a cookie. They know- if you discipline them, cps gets called, do nothing, cps gets called. So what ends up happening to shut them up? You give them a cookie. Then they understand it even more, if you don't give them the cookie, your depriving them of food, and ... cps again. Kids win, parents lose. People call cps for no reason all the time. I think you shouldn't be able to be taken seriously by cps unless you have kids of your own. If they do, they would understand much more about how to handle a kid throwing a tantrum. Until then, keep you childless self out of my parenting business. The tantrum throwing has infected itself into kids, teens and adults, sadly enough to say. If you don't get your way, get mad and throw a hissy-fit. Anyone not wanting to listen to you bitch about it will give it to you, or try to make a weak-ass compromise. A good example: O-care, and the debt ceiling incident. Gov shut down, and national parks closed until republic said "okay, okay, okay! Shut up already! Here's your O-Care and ceiling raised!!" I can see him on the floor kicking and screaming like a 4 year-old for this. And they gave in.
We keep giving in, the "child" knows what they have to do to get what they want. Which is MUCH easier than working for it.
I illustrated this to my oldest son. I showed him what he looked like throwing a fit about something petty. "waaaa, i don't wanna pickup my toys!" He throws himself to the floor, tears streaming down his face, kicking, screaming, the whole 9. What did I do you want to know?
I dropped to the floor, and mimicked every move. Every "Waaa" every kick, and throw of a toy. Only difference was instead of crying about toys, "Waaaaa! I want a RAISE!!! I want it NOOOWW!! I want it- I want it- I want it! AAAAAAHHH!" (granted- he didn't do it again for a LOOONG time.)
Can you imagine a coworker doing that at work in front of the boss?
Yeah. I can.
But the boss would typically say "Wow. That was pitiful. Your fired."
It'll happen unless we correct our kids before that happen- oh, wait. Didn't McDonald's employees go on strike until they get $15 an hour?
Yep. It has already begun. The future adults will be whiny, spoiled little brats because we were to scared to pop their buts.
I stand for corporal punishment. Always will. I do not beat my kids, I love them. I would never do anything to hurt them in any way. But I will discipline them, and correct them. I will not let my children be corrupt in thinking the only way to get what you want is to cry about it. They will most likely end up in jail unless they get the discipline they need, when they need it, only.