We were all children once, but now that I'm older I have to admit that. . .I don't really like children. Especially in today's society? Please, children have overstepped their bounds, thinking that they're grown when they really aren't. Just who the hell do they think they are? I'm completely outraged when I see on TV little 6 and 7 year olds talking back to their parents, beating on their parents. .cursing and all that. Has the level of disciplining children dissapated so horrendously that parents are living in fear of their children? Well, I've got one thing to say:

Part 1 I'll Go To Jail Before Any Child Of Mine Beats ME!

I come from a very straightforward, strict West Indian family, where parents take no crap from their kids. They knew their place, and my mother knew how to put me in mine. With one look, I would know exactly what it is my mother wanted me to do or when to stop talking or when to speak up. It was parents like that which put the fear of GOD in to their children. I can highly respect that.

Although I don't have any kids right now, the day I do have them, for sure, they will respect me and do as I say, because I will not tolerate any disrespect and lack of discipline in my household. I'm OUTRAGED when parents always talk about putting their kids in "Time Out". Straight out, that shit does not work, ok? Not a chance. Do you really think children will learn anything from being put in a corner to stand for a finite amount of time? No, not even close. Sometimes, they have to feel the fire to know when to stop.

You may disagree with me on the issue of beating. Fine. But those would be MY children. I don't interrupt the way you discipline your children, don't you DARE interrupt the way I discipline mine. Although I would never beat a child to the point of physical harm, I woudn't hesitate to use a leather strap on that backside. Let me tell you. . .I know people in my family that have been through worse than a clap on the backside or a leather strap. Talk about cat-o-nine-tails, that switch coming across your butt and your back is NO joke.

But guaranteed, you learned not to do what got you that beating ever again. Sometimes to the point where you probably forgot what it was you did. Blocked it out from your memory, that is. Hmph.

Part 2 Being Understanding With Children

Life as a kid is hard. We don't think it's hard now, but put yourself in your child's shoes. Getting up every day, making sure your homework gets done, fighting off the relentless teasing of other chidlren. ..it can be very stressful. Just because you're not there anymore, doesn't mean you can't sympathize with how difficult life as a child can be. So, don't chew out your kids for trival mess, especially when they are really trying. Reward them for the things they do well at, as well as the things they try hard to accomplish. It will spur the continued success, and make for a more well-rounded child. It will also make for a child that is emotionally closer to you, which will come in handy when they reach that dastard age of adolescence.

Part 3 Two is Enough. .REALLY, it is!!

Damn these people that feel they need to repopulate the world with 6 and 7 children and don't have any way of taking care of them. Taxpayers are the ones that end up taking care of these many mouths, so I'm all for the restriction on birth of children. There should be a limitation of 2 children per couple. The world isn't getting any smaller, and the age for large families is over. With the way inflation is influencing the way we live, we simply can't afford to do so!

If it's as a result of fertility treatments, then I can understand complications. I wouldn't say get rid of the other children numbering over 2, as that's really a discussion best saved for abortion. However, it you sit back and spread your legs on the regular and out comes another child. . .like I saw this report on TV. .a woman had 15 children in 20 years. . .that's just bloody ridiculous. First of all, what the heck do you need 15 children for, huh? There's no farmland to be tilled, as that was the prevalent reason for so many children in a family. What's the point? It's just additional hardship to bear.

Part 4 Devil Spawns

I'm thoroughly convinced that children are spawns of the devil. Just the theoretical devil, that is. They're all cute and cuddly when they're babies, but once they hit that stage where they're moving all around and start talking, it's the highway to hell from there!! They can be so unruly, which is why a good clap on the butt can keep them straight, but even then, children will be children, and my greatest fear is that one day, I won't be able to give my children what they need AS children.

And you know why? I've forgotten what it's like to be a child. In a sense, we all have. Once we reach a certain age, we stop thinking like children and take on the active roles of adulthood. There's a distinct difference in thought processes. Maybe that's why I don't like children so much. I just don't understand them. They certainly like me well enough, but I certainly don't like them well enough to start making them.

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