Dear Evelyn, I agree 100% with you that the world is going to hell in a handbasket. The kids aren't being brought up and taught manners, responsibility or being responsible for their actions. There's always Mommy or Daddy to bail them out of jail or even to sit in detention for the child. (sigh) vee ----- Original Message ----- From: "evelyn" <ebcooper@copper.net> To: <NYNIAGAR-FOLKS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2005 10:54 AM Subject: Fw: [FOLKS] PS to fourth graders > Vee - > > This goes back to a generational thing. Many children today are being > brought up not knowing about responsibility, respect for their elders, the > proper behavior in different settings. Schools don't want to burden them > because of all the threats they live under today - school shootings, drugs > in school, and being unable to punish them except maybe for detention. On > our local news there was an item about mothers doing detention for their > daughters. One girl left school a half hour early ... to keep a hair > appointment....[what - I couldn't believe what I was hearing]. The school > gave her detention but the mother said it was wrong because her daughter > was > a good student with a good school record, so she chose to do the detention > for her. What?? Is this world going mad. What lesson is the parent > teaching her daughter?? > > So as us old(er) folk shake our heads in disbelief, we also know that if > given the opportunity we will try to give a positive lesson to a child, > first by our actions, then words - smiling all the while. > > Evelyn :-) >> > >