thaibeachlovers

I understand what you are saying, but IMO too many parents allow their kids to rule the household. Kids know nothing and need discipline.

I have none of my own, but I lived a few years with a woman that did. I restricted the amount of tv they watched to 2 hours max per day ( one of them would have done nothing but watch tv had I let him- IMO children should not be allowed more than a minimum of time on any form of electronic medium. I'm convinced that schools are failing to educate now, when many kids can barely read, because they use calculators and computers instead of using their brains ) , and had mobile phones existed back then would not have had one that was internet capable. The woman left the kids for me to look after as she was more interested in her career than them, and one of the reasons I left her was because she was using me as a child minding service.

Those "decent" people are in short supply where I live, though I suspect the bad ones are more visible as the "decent" ones are not causing problems around town, and are safely tucked up in bed by 10 pm after watching the propaganda news and other such like timewasters on local tv.