<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=172854.msg8260603#msg8260603">Quote from: phoenyx on 21-05-2013, 04:54:13</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">*nods* I know. and I think a lot of it is because we grew up with 'strict' discipline that many today would say was abuse (and some probably was), but we were better behaved, and didn't smart/talk back, didn't stab each other over something so stupid as looking at someone's t-shirt. hello! if it's got something written on it, we <em>are</em> going to look.... and i dunno, seems people today just have no common sense, and our kids seem to get dumber and dumber... no, not dumber, their brains are just lazy. they're allowed calculators and spell check (which isn't always right) instead of learning how to do it themselves.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Hehehehe...my daughter is going to hate me when she starts school. She's already learning how to write and once she's got it down fiarly well, will find that punishments become far more educational than simple time-outs! "Oh look, you learned how to read and now, since you want to smart off, we'll put your brain to good use...copy these four pages in the dictionary for me...word for word, if you miss one, you'll do it again!"<br/><br/>She'll have a fantastic vocabulary! :D<br/><br/>And while her teachers might allow calculators, Mom won't. Math homework will be done by hand, and showing your work, and when it's<em>done</em>the answers can be double checked with a calculator.