tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365858055267871677.post6209730870612433841..comments2024-03-29T01:10:21.467-04:00Comments on The Feral Irishman: The Stranger .... A Must ReadIrishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772405362867585844noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365858055267871677.post-44571543940786807732012-03-23T13:43:28.701-04:002012-03-23T13:43:28.701-04:00Robert M Glenn B - right on - I am with you guys 1...Robert M Glenn B - right on - I am with you guys 100%... <br /><br />Most people miss that parenting actually begins with the parent... I always used to tell my friends there is no such thing as a bad kid, just a bad parent. vidoe Games, TV, computers, Iphones.... Kids dont just get them, parents give them - hence they should be excersizing parental skills with the kids us of them...J3https://www.blogger.com/profile/07808216455808096442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365858055267871677.post-48297277651378779882012-03-22T20:44:58.540-04:002012-03-22T20:44:58.540-04:00I graduated high school late '70's. I watc...I graduated high school late '70's. I watched the same old shows when I was a kid as Glen and Robert. I was jacked when we got cable and I could watch MTV. That was early 1980 and was to cool for school, look at it now. <br />I am old school with 3 kids, all college graduates, and they did it on there own. Very limited television growing up for them. For what it's worth.jeffli6http://anodtothegods.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365858055267871677.post-33876018573042882602012-03-22T17:09:21.411-04:002012-03-22T17:09:21.411-04:00Pissed, most parents would save money if one staye...Pissed, most parents would save money if one stayed home with the kids and one worked. I've got enough friends who do it and have significantly more disposable income than those who have kids and both work. And if you can't afford to have kids and put the time into good parenting that is necessary to raising good people, then don't have kids.<br /><br />I love old tv and movies, but Have Gun, Will Travel has nothing on Justified, Troy is better than Cleopatra, and I'll take the amusing social commentary of South Park over Looney Toons all day long. That said, I prefer books as well. I'm usually reading a couple of different ones at a time. <br /><br />As with Glenn, I learned to cuss from a parent, but I was too terrified to actually engage in it until he deemed me old enough.Robert McDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01849168773343652368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365858055267871677.post-60857143716593168392012-03-22T15:45:50.510-04:002012-03-22T15:45:50.510-04:00As in most households, it seems the parents in thi...As in most households, it seems the parents in this story allowed unrestricted viewing of the TV. Not in my home when I was a young child. I was not allowed to watch shows like: The Outter limits, One Step Beyond, The Ed Sullivan Show. I could watch the I could watch the Red Skelton Show under supervision as part of a family watch.I could watch Mitch Miller now and again. I could watch Leave It To Beaver, Father Knows Best, My Three Sons, Flipper, the Rifleman on my own. I could watch some cartoons on my own. Of course, things losened up as I grew older, I got to watch the Jackie Gleason show. As opposed to the father in the story who did not cuss, I learned most of my cuss words from my father. Heaven forbid I use them back then though, that is how I learned about the taste of brown soap, my mother was adept with it.<br /><br />I learned a lot of good things from television by watching shows like Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom, Jacques Cousteau, National Geographic specials, The Andy Griffith Show, The Addams Family (surprisingly the characters were always very polite) and so on.<br /><br />Television had both bad and good influences but try to remember that it was not the television talking to you, it was the people who made the shows. Thus each was different and any experience with TV was based upon what you watched or were allowed to watch by those who were responsible for your upbringing.<br /><br />All the best,<br />GBGlenn Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16677859688487279914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365858055267871677.post-37441935910152624752012-03-22T15:42:06.619-04:002012-03-22T15:42:06.619-04:00Robert I agree with you on the parenting thing tha...Robert I agree with you on the parenting thing that is where it starts. The problem is that so many parents nowadays both have to work and don't nearly spend as much time with their children as they should. You also have to admit that today's programs SUCK compared to what we watched when we were younger. ( 60's and 70's). Just look at MTV for instance. I barely watch anything on the boob tube anymore. I prefer reading books or the internet.Irishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09772405362867585844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365858055267871677.post-30667557728662995792012-03-22T15:36:23.715-04:002012-03-22T15:36:23.715-04:00Oh, please. Just more demonizing of objects becau...Oh, please. Just more demonizing of objects because people's parenting skills suck. I didn't swear or act up in school. If I did, I got my ass beat. I watched whatever I wanted on tv, and kept my dick away from dirty nasty sex until I was an adult. Didn't drink a drop until I was 19 and still don't smoke except for the occasional premium cigar. People want to blame tv, society, video games, and music for the fact that can't teach their kids right and wrong by providing good examples AND punishment for screwing up.Robert McDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01849168773343652368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365858055267871677.post-73972509005347550302012-03-22T14:33:50.930-04:002012-03-22T14:33:50.930-04:00I had to pass this alongI had to pass this alongDennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00163701063397454621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365858055267871677.post-18538705359890110642012-03-22T14:22:06.667-04:002012-03-22T14:22:06.667-04:00So right on.So right on.Flier389https://www.blogger.com/profile/17000853030589477067noreply@blogger.com