I was just reading Dr. James Dobson's article titled "Firm hand needed with violent teens" in the Calgary Sun. Quoting from his answer to a parent wondering when to get tough with a teenager:
"But there comes a time to draw a line in the dirt and say enough is enough! For youngsters who have tyrannized their families, their parents' willingness to forgive and forget repeatedly is interpreted as weakness. Appeasement, as we know, is never successful in pacifying a bully. It only makes him or her more angry and disrespectful. Behavioural research has now validated that statement.As I was reading, I kept thinking Saddam, Caledonia, our homegrown terrorists, etc. The far left want to find the root cause for abusive behaviour of criminals and bullies but they are missing the point - the root cause is THEM.
Dr Henry Harbin and Dr. Denis Madden, working at the University of Maryland's Medical School, found "parent battering" usually occurs when "one or both parents have abdicated the executive position" and left no one in charge - no one, that is except the violent child. Rebellious, mean-spirited teenagers respect strength and disdain weakness. Harbin and Madden also observed "an almost universal element" in the parent-battering cases was the parents' unwillingness to admit the seriousness of the situation" Dr. James Dobson, Focus on Family, Calgary Sun, June 18th edition
3 comments:
Show me a parent that has abdicated their executive position with their "maladjusted" teenager and I will show you a parent that has abdicated their executive position with their child since birth.
I agree with you. As Harper says, the left wants to sit in the bleachers and critisize, and in doing so think they bear no responsibility. "Good men doing nothing" is bad enough, but undermining the work of the responsible and giving indirect encouragement to the terrorists is unforgiveable.
Dumbass question.
Who designates these confused wishful thinkers as lefties ?
It takes strength to go against the flow.
Do you see it in the likes of them ?
I must say I am very confused by the left. I consider the NDP the left but I have also heard from the left that the NDP and the US Democrats have left the "left" ideology behind and are merely politicking(sp?)
When I talk about the left, I am talking about the NDP and their ilk. I am also talking about the idealism of the left and their tendency, in my opinion, to kill with kindness. I believe it is a simplistic tendency arising from sympathy but the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
As far as the flow goes, I can tell you that the media and hollywood flow is very "left" so who is actually going against the flow? I am relieved that it "appears" that there is a movement against the media, hollywood, pollsters, and "fairweather" politicians who are actually thinking things through and through blogs I am finally hearing that voice.
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