I just finished watching the evening news, world and local. It raises my blood pressure to see young boys in trouble for robbing and committing senseless crimes to end up in jail then prison for life. The same boys and some girls too are those we see everyday with their pants falling off and underwear showing. How do they ever expect to get a job as they get older with the mind set they have in how they are conducting themselves.

The bible says in Proverbs 22:6, "Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it." I feel my mom did her best to raise me not to steal nor kill. I would not take anything that didn't belong to me. Doing my era we would mind any adult man or woman and stayed out of trouble because we didn't want a beating.

I know some kids grow up without parents and some have older brothers or sisters. Many kids today are raised by grandparents. Still some of them I feel had no adult supervision from early childhood to their teenage years and beyond. They appear to be raising themselves in how they dress, talk to grownups and act out in public. I see some in the stores cursing like old men and when anybody say something to them to "Watch their mouth" they act like you cursed them out. Some will say, you aren't my dad and keep cursing while their pants are about to fall down to the ground.

I just saw on TV two of them tried to rob a man in the same store. The police got them and no doubt will spend time in jail ruining their lives and chance to ever be employed. Of course they probably don't want a job or grow up to be somebody anyway when they can steal and kill for it. I see smaller grade school kids hanging out on the corners instead of in school trying to learn about life. That's another reason I just can't see parents raising kids today that can talk and do whatever they feel like saying or doing at home or in public places.

I know perhaps many times you have heard the parent say, "Just wait until you get home, you are going to catch it." Well, I say take them in the bathroom and spank their bottoms so they know you mean what you say. All my mom had to do was look at me and I knew what to expect and what not to do ever again.

I'm sure it's not just my town, it probably happens in just about every city across the country. I can't see how moms and dads buy their clothes, feed them, got a roof over their heads and let them wear their clothes falling off and their butts practically showing. No way I could ever have done that with my parents. Our thoughts are what is this world coming to in the very near future. Then there are the predators and child molesters lurking in every neighborhood and in some schools waiting for the chance to catch some child to do them harm. Especially the girls but some grade school teachers are just as bad and they are married in some cases.

I have a 7 year old grand daughter living with us and after school she won't go out in the garage or ride her bike on the sidewalk without me being there with her. She tells me she don't want anybody to snatch her and take her away from us. I can see me giving my life to save hers giving her a chance to live a good life. :Clap-Hands:

Fred!