Subjected to 'racial abuse' while kilted - sorry if length and/or content offends

[acstoon]

It never ceases to amaze me that you have to speak to some young people this way. If my father had ever found out that I'd said something like that to an adult, whatever that adult had done to me as punishment would have been heaven compared to what I'd have received at home.
Ditto here! My parents would have freaked out, if I so much as looked at an adult the wrong way.

This is probably considered way out there, but I have the same attitude with my kids and have informed them and their teachers, etc as such. It worked well for generations, why fix what isn't broken?
Absolutely! My daughter knows my rules & values... if she breaks the rules, she's initially on her own. The proper authority has my permission to throw the book at her. Then, it's my turn. She's 18, and I've never had any real problems with her.

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