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nightfighter 02-11-2008 03:48 PM

Parenting 101
 
My kids and their mother, my ex, are going to get copies of this ...

God bless the parents who drugged us

Different drug problem..................
The following letter has appeared on the internet and was viewed by many readers.
The other day, someone at a store in our town read that a Methamphetamine lab had been found in a old farmhouse in the adjoining county and he asked me a rhetorical question, "Why didn’t we have a drug problem when you and I were growing up?"
I replied, I had a drug problem when I was young: I was drug to church on Sunday morning. I was drug to church for weddings and funerals. I was drug to family reunions and community socials no matter the weather. I was drug by my ears when I was disrespectful to adults. I was also drug to the woodshed when I disobeyed my parents, told a lie, brought home a bad report card, did not speak with respect, spoke ill of the teacher or the preacher, or if I didn’t put forth my best effort in everything that was asked of me. I was drug to the kitchen sink to have my mouth washed out with soap if I uttered a profanity. I was drug out to pull weeds in mom’s garden and flower beds and cockleburs out of dad’s fields. I was drug to the homes of family, friends and neighbors to help out some poor soul who had no one to now the yard, repair the clothesline, or chop some firewood, and if my mother had ever known that I took a single dime as a tip for this kindness, she would have drug me back to the woodshed.
Those drugs are still in my veins and they affect my behavior in everything I do, say, or think. They are stronger than cocaine, crack, or heroin; and, if today’s children had this kind of drug problem, America would be a better place.
Submitted by concerned citizen



Thanks Mom and Dad...

Goose 02-11-2008 04:21 PM

I just looked up the the word truth and there was a link to that artical. Thanks Ross, now how do we get them to print that in school books??

:claps:

Raven 02-11-2008 04:29 PM

the Nightfighter strikes again
 
way to go Ross

"man did i get drug as a kid" :uhuh:

and caned with a switch and a belt
or a hairbrush, pool cue, or broom stick
what-ever was handy...

great philosophy in that article :btu:

keeperreaper 02-12-2008 07:22 PM

Ross,
Awesome post.

Squid kids Dad 02-12-2008 07:47 PM

Ross
 
2 thumbs up

tattoobob 02-12-2008 08:01 PM

Amen to that :uhuh:


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