Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site pyuxa.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!pyuxww!pyuxa!wetcw From: wetcw@pyuxa.UUCP (T C Wheeler) Newsgroups: net.kids Subject: Re: Rights and Rosen Message-ID: <962@pyuxa.UUCP> Date: Mon, 20-Aug-84 09:31:50 EDT Article-I.D.: pyuxa.962 Posted: Mon Aug 20 09:31:50 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 21-Aug-84 00:40:55 EDT References: <972@pyuxn.UUCP> <2953@alice.UUCP>, <695@opus.UUCP> Organization: Bell Communications Research, Piscataway N.J. Lines: 19 I would suggest that all of those who are currently beating the dead horse over kids rights vs parents rights wait awhile until they have their own set of kids then wait 15 years while they experiment then post the results. I find all of this talk about 'rights' a bunch of horse pukey. Every kid is different. Every parent is different. And above all, Dr Spock was wrong and even admitted as much. There is just no way you can reason with a two-year old, at least 99% of them. The values your child receives will be your values so preaching teaching other values is wasted. Let's get back to finding out what to do about earaches, diaper rash, and the other myriad of problems parents must face on a day-to-day basis. I'm sure most parents don't sit around discussing the proper way to instill a set of values on their children. It is just not the real world of parenting. There are far too many other problems that have to be addressed on a daily basis. The rights discussion has little to do with what we do every day other than as back-burner thought once in awhile. T. C. Wheeler