Maybe A Bad Parenting Law Is Needed?

Wouldn't it be great if a bad parenting law existed?

For instance, if a child bully's another child at school and nothing can be done to make the child stop bullying then why not punish the parent. Ultimately, it is the parent's responsibility to make sure their child behaves appropriately and stops the bad behavior when told. If the parent doesn't do anything and the child's behavior doesn't change then how about putting the parent in jail for a day or two? Now I know this hypothetical situation sounds a little extreme but come on it would be motivation to get your child to start doing the right thing wouldn't it?

I am so sick of all the bad/crazy parents out there...

I should have home schooled...

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We're Too Cool For Rules

We are basically an anti-rules family. We don't go with the flow and generally don't do things traditionally like most people. We don't break the law. We just do our own thing. I imagine we are not the only family that is like this. Neither Hot Daddy or I currently work outside of the home so our daily schedule is quite flexible or was until our son started kindergarten a couple weeks ago. Of course once Hot Daddy finishes up his Ph.D then he will get back to working outside the home teaching at a university unless of course we hit the lottery or one of his or my several online businesses make us rich. The latter will probably not happen but wishful thinking is fun!

And, now I bring you the current battle between Hot Daddy and I. Please tell me I'm right or wrong or tell me were both crazy and to just get over it already.

The point of my post is rules and rules have been an issue between Hot Daddy and I every morning before Future Bam goes to school. Basically Hot Daddy doesn't mind if FB is late. He says children shouldn't feel rushed and shouldn't be brainwashed into thinking that they are going to get into trouble if they are late or don't feel like going to school because after all it's only kindergarten. I agree that children shouldn't feel like it's a big deal to be late every once in a while but when a child attends a public school it is our responsibility to get them there on time and to help them go by the rules of the school. Yes, I hate that I am having to listen to "the school" in regards to MY son.

Hot Daddy doesn't want our children growing up thinking that they have to always go by rules imposed on them by someone else (anyone outside of us as parents). He thinks that if we bring our boys up this way that they will feel like they have to rush to get everywhere or that it's the end of the world if they are late. Basically he wants to teach our boys to f**K authority! To do what they want and to not feel like they have to go along with the crowd.

I, too, want some of the same things for our boys but I also realize that at some point our kids have to learn that sometimes they have to do things they don't want to do. I do want them to think outside the box, to feel like they can do what they want and not what someone else tells them they have to do BUT while they are in the public school we have to come up with a solution. We can't use the school as an example if we want to keep our kids there.

I'm all for f**king authority to a point but there's only so far you can go when your kid is in school. I can hear HOT Daddy now as he reads this post, "Hey! Your making too big of a deal out of this! He's only in kindergarten!" Why, yes, I guess I am. :)

*Don't go too crazy on me. For the record, FB has not missed any school and has never actually been "counted" late. It's just one of those married couple battles of I'm right-no-I'm right. LOL.

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