This started out as a Google Reader comment on a Dooce post.

Okay y’all. Pull up a chair and listen to old man Daniel spin some stuff your way. Don’t agree? Comment below.

I read the post on Dooce, and I just can’t stand it any more. I just can’t fucking BELIEVE the nerve of people these days with regards to kids. We in America have gotten way too soft here lately with how we are raising our children. You tell your kids what the score is. Tell them to do what they need to do, and not to do what they don’t need to do. If they don’t follow the rules, they either get the consequences by their own hand or a punishment. End of story. Your kids aren’t supposed to be your best friends. You’re the guardians and caretakers, you set the rules and they follow. Not saying don’t be nice. Be awesome to your kids. But there’s a boss to be had, and by damn it’s not them. You tell your kids not to jump out that window. They won’t.