my dad once duct taped me to the corner because I wandered off to many times lol
I was a very hairy child........ that would have been worse than being bear-trapped to the corner

Frank
my dad once duct taped me to the corner because I wandered off to many times lol

I never had a problem with my boys being late, the deal was if they know they where going to be even a few minutes late they call and give us an ETA. Teaching them to be responsible is the key to a good like later on. Sounds like you are doing a good job. When your girl is in college and doing well and the laid back moms daughter is in drug rehab or laying on the couch because she cant hack THE RULES in school you can feel vindicated
I don't know that that girl will be like that ...... she is a grade skipper ...... they started first grade together and now this girl is in second grade .... I talk to her quite a bit about school and the books that she has read ..... she just barowed Ender's game from me Friday evening and had it back to me Saturday Afternoon...... I gave her a pre-algebra study guide I put together for my own kids and she finished it with no mistakes ..... she won't be a second grader long ........
Makes me think of when I was in grade school.... my mom got a call one day from the librarian at the school... the librarian was upset because I had just checked out a couple books that were several grade levels above me....nope ... its all genetics, her dad is an engineer and her mother is also smart ... flaky but smart....... my younger daughter will prolly be like that ....... she is 5 and reads on a second grade level, even my 4 y/o can read dick and jane books ..... and all 3 of my kids are light years ahead in math .....my Uncle and I are teaching them stuff ('cept the 4y/o, but he grasps the concept of addition and subtraction all on his own) you normally wouldn't learn until 7th grade..........
in my family i was rasied with military rules if you cant make it home on time dont come home or if their is an accident like truck broke down or got a flat tire then that would be a good excuse to be late but even still i was still given a time to be home depending on where i was in location to the house. and im 20 now and live with my dad and i still have a cirufew and the old rules still apply to his house and i am home early everytime for example i have to be home at 11 and i am home at 1040 if not earlier to keep the peace i had to do wall sits when i was late and to keep that from happening again i home as early as possible. and i think that is what you call good parenting on your part! i look at it like this if you let them get away with small stuff like what happend to you then they will try something bigger then bigger to the point where they control you and you dont control them that is why some many kids are as spoiled and punks that think they know all and can do whatever they want no matter who tells them other wise
WILL YOU PLEASE LEARN PROPER PUNCTUATION AND CAPITALIZATION!
Damn. Reading stuff like this run-once sentence just irritates the hell out of me.
/rant
English is your native language. Now go learn it!
Sure, everytime I post something like that I get bitched at. I do agree though. It's rude to the reader. Rant...done.
I think parents should be able to beat their kids......... I don't mean punch them in the face, but I still cringe when I'm visiting my dad and I hear him whip his belt off
Frank
Right there with you man.My dad used the belt and holy shit.I learned my lesson about things real quick.Hell even my mom was strict,she'd pull out a big ole wooden spoon and paddle my ass til it was red and about to bleed if I did something wrong.I hated em at the time but I gotta respect em now.It absolutely taught me right from wrong and to be respectful to them.