Kids growing up too fast. And When should you take your dogs drivers license away?

A question that occurs to all of us who have dogs: “When do should you take your dog’s drivers license away?” The answer is right away. Come on it’s counterfeit. Who in their right mind would issue a dog a license? Now you have to consider something else. What type of dog would have a fake license? Probably a bad dog running around with a bad pack, but don’t give your dog away. I figure if your dog can pull off getting a fake license then it must be able to talk and a talking dog is worth money.

The other day I was watching a movie about the revolutionary war and I noticed the main character was a 15 year old boy. This boy was considered a man; well almost he was just shy of his sixteenth birthday. I started thinking about in the past kids grew up faster because they had to in order to survive. The kids would do more and more chores and gain more responsibility as they grew older. This declined as technology developed there was less of a need for the children to pitch in and help. Some parents still have there children do chores to help teach responsibility but not to the point as they did in the past.

Now our children have no need to worry about pitching in to survive and now they have plenty of free time. Kids today, at a very early age, want to be treated like adults, they want to grow up fast but most lack a sense of responsibility. This should be instilled by there parents but more and more often it is not. Now with technology and lack of Parental Responsibility our kids think they can do anything a grown up can do and more with out being responsible. If their actions cause a problem, harming others or breaking the law, they feel that all they need to do to make things right is say “I am sorry”. They do not think they should be held accountable for their actions but still feel they should be treated like an adult. Well as an adult you know “I am sorry” does not absolve you from being held accountable. You do something wrong you pay the price. This is something we as parents should teach our children from birth till their 18^th birthday and sometimes beyond. I am not suggesting any method of correction, but I am suggesting instilling a sense of accountability, responsibility, in our children.

Tomorrow: My love of Naval history and Rabbits, why are they associated with Easter they don’t lay eggs?