badbobby Loc: texas

thank you Peewee
your support is preciated

Peewee Loc: San Antonio, TX

Your welcome big guy! You did good, and you have the proof.

badbobby Loc: texas

yep
three of em

badbobby Loc: texas

yep
three of em

maryjane

Exactly right!

Peewee Loc: San Antonio, TX

Well, not exactly. You're looking at it from a parents viewpoint. I can promise you the kids will see it as a parent playing favorites. Have you ever heard the phrase "dad or mom like you best" or "love you more." It's why the birth order and spacing produce different types of personalities. The oldest achieves the most having to be a babysitter and is giving a lot of responsibility at an early age. The middle child is the tweener not big enough or baby enough and will be more independent. The last child just seems to never grow up because everyone has coddled them. Not saying this applies to every family with three or more children, it's just my personal observations.

Smedley_buzkill

Not in my yard. There's several acres of woods down at the end of the street. I generally walk down there and just let them run for a while, except for the female Pit. Peaches has a tendency to run off and get in trouble. The two males just mess around in the woods for 15 or 20 minutes and come on back to the house.

Coos Bay Tom Loc: coos bay oregon

Just about everybody got a spanking growing up. I believe it is a learned thing. I would only look down on a person who beat the hell out of their kids on a constant basis. Some how what I do works so I don't have to spank. I had the living s**t beatten out of me and I paid my parents back by being defient rowdy and cruel myself. There are limits and I am sure you are aware of that.. I am certain you have good kids.

Peewee Loc: San Antonio, TX

There is a right way and wrong way to do everything. My first wife's mom made her kneel for hours on gravel as a child and she was the oldest and only good person in her whole family. My mom had three children and we turned out pretty good and my stepmom children are about like my ex-wife's siblings. Setting a good example is probably the most important factor in being a good parent. Kids remember when parents break promises and put on a front. Loving them and being consistent and setting a good example can't be overstated. It pays huge dividends in the long run. No kid loved their dad more than I did but by age thirty I eventually gave up. He still talked a good talk but he was just too much of a con artist at heart. Maybe because of the way his dad treated him as a child. Anyway once you're grown you are responsible for how you live your life and treat others. I raised four and none were mine, two turned out great and two not so much. The two good ones I got at a young age and the other two were already teenagers when they came under my influence. They were a handful but didn't wreck their lives until they left home. You can't save everyone and I only help those who are trying to do better. If they lie and con me, I'm done. When parents agree miracles can happen when they disagree you're just spinning your wheels. That's my experience anyway.

archie bunker Loc: Texas

Boy, Peewee, the stories I could tell! I had custody of my two kids, and my wife had custody of hers when we married.
We took that child in as family, and my two made her their sister.
Long story short, my wife's daughter is now in prison with a 10 year sentence, with a 3 year old little girl being raised by grandparents, and the other two are successful at life.
Mine were disciplined, hers wasn't because of grandma, the ex husband, and, unfortunately, my wife's inability to stand up to them. That's just my opinion.
But, I'm probably wrong, because getting in trouble, even going to jail never seemed to bother her. I don't know, but she's been in, and out of jail/prison/rehab for about 10 years now, and only cares about herself.
A psychopath in my opinion. I've read a lot about it.
Some are good, some are just flawed, and can't be helped.

Peewee Loc: San Antonio, TX

Either we're kin or it's just the human condition.