This lament sets my teeth on edge. Those three horrible teenagers who were in Duncan, Oklahoma and thrill
killed a young Australian college student were "bored". What a sick antidote to boredom.

I looked at pictures of their mothers and the one father and
wondered why they had never taught these children empathy for others, productive work skills and household
chores.

I hear that lament from Ashley quite often and have the
ungrandmotherly urge to swat her every time she says it.
If she were mine I would have her cleaning bathrooms
and dusting until she learned to appreciate leisure.

We seem to have created little prince and princesses that
feel entitled to constant entertainment. It is no punishment to send children to their fully equipped rooms
for a time out. They need rules with consequences for
breaking them not overly lenient parents who allow them
to get by with misbehavior.

I marvel as I sit at the highschool waiting for Adrienne.
The girls wear short shorts, winter as well as summer and
tops cut so low as to be indecent. There are gang members
who wear a cross between a hoodie and a helmet. Let me
assure you that they look like holy hell. The thing is usually
crocheted, just use your imagination. It looks medieval.

Make no mistake, I love being around wholesome young
people. I don't like the values some of them are either
learning from peer groups or television and internet.
Parents who do not parent should be ashamed of themselves.