In Reply to: It's a Brat Gene! Culling is the answer! posted by hoolz on Thursday, 24. November 2011 at 05:52 Bali Time:
That makes for interesting reading from research done in the US and the UK about the generations of children growing up without a decent male influence, lack of male parent or grandparent.
I would go a step further and suggest that it isn't the lack of a decent male influence..uncle, grandad, dad etc but the lack of a decent female influence too.
I am not suggesting that all children who get into trouble are allowed to go feral but that there are enough whose parents really just accept what they do and they become the 'cool set' It stands to reason that wanting to be like everyone else the less cool kids will demonstate 'over the top' behaviour to impress their peers.
I remember very well a really good friend of mine who is a clinical psychologist saying to me
'It is not the outgoing gregarious person who dances on tables'
Watch people at parties..which I do :) those of us who are very outgoing watch in horror as the 'quiet ones' do stupid things and I mean as adults !
The biggest problem is that we as parents are stupidly accepting of our children breaking the law..speeding..drinking for example.
We really should stand up and be brave and tell our children NO!
In case the link doesn't work and anyone wants to read it search for Charles Murray underclass.
I don't think childrren should go overseas for schoolies..I think schoolies should be banned completely and the kids do some work instead.