There's no doubt about it, back in the day when I was growing up in Ireland, parents were quite strict and thus most kids were indeed well disciplined. Whilst I don't really wish to complain too much about the lack of this kind of strict and indeed rigid discipline which was the order of the day years ago. It is indeed a fact that far too many parents and guardians are very lax in the area of disciplining their children and this is not good for the children or society in general.
While in the supermarket a few days ago I observed several young children literally running wild, shouting and screaming whilst pulling things off the shelves, and yet there were several grown adults with these children who were shamefully just letting them run wild without being reprimanded in any way. It was indeed a very sad and most distressing sight to behold. It's sad because if these kids are not disciplined when they're young, they will grow up to be unruly and disrespectful adults who will be a menace to society in general.
Yes, as today's title puts it, children need boundaries, they need discipline and structure in their lives in order for them to be happy and contented, and to assist them in growing up to become considerate and caring adults thus being a benefit to the whole of society. Parents and guardians who do not take their parental duties seriously are in fact harming their children in the process whilst also possibly contributing to putting another delinquent, dysfunctional young adult into the community who will perhaps become a lawbreaker when he or she grows up.
Let me repeat one more time what I have stated in these articles in the past. Parents, I believe, have a sacred duty to train up the child in the way that he or she should go. Far too many parents and guardians are abdicating that sacred responsibility, from my personal observations, thus creating a generation of young people who are devoid of any form of courtesy or consideration for others, and a menace to society in general.
Finally, the experts will tell you, that children are indeed happiest when they are disciplined, when they have clear boundaries set for them by their parents as to what they can and cannot do. And when they don't do as they should, there is a penalty. This is how we build upright citizens of the future who will be an asset rather than a liability to the whole community.
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