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<blockquote data-quote="trplnkl" data-source="post: 529165" data-attributes="member: 13254"><p>I think that positive nurturing can do alot toward helping a kid to grown into a good productive member of society. Although the outside influences (peer pressure) and environmental issues play a large roll also.</p><p> </p><p>It's pretty hard to say that all good kids gone bad are a product of bad parenting. I know of a guy that grew up in the home of fine, upstanding parents that not only taught but lived the right way. The guy was given everything he needed and had to earn the extras in life, he wasn't abused nor was he pampered. When he graduated high school(with honors) he made the decision to not go to college but to join a local chapter of a 1% motorcycle gang. Just five years later he was president of that club, another two years passed and he was killed by an upcoming club member with aspirations. Can anyone really make a good case that he was the product of bad parenting? I think not. To blame the parents is not always the answer, although sometimes it is.</p><p></p><p> Good, solid parenting can be trumped by free will. Free will can be influenced by outside forces. All a parent can do is to live and teach the right path and pray and hope that it sticks with the kids.</p><p></p><p> One thing is for sure, a parent has to be a parent and not a friend. Another sure thing is, a parent can't wait till a child is 13 years old to begin nurturing their kids. It's called parental responsibility, but that is not the final line.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trplnkl, post: 529165, member: 13254"] I think that positive nurturing can do alot toward helping a kid to grown into a good productive member of society. Although the outside influences (peer pressure) and environmental issues play a large roll also. It's pretty hard to say that all good kids gone bad are a product of bad parenting. I know of a guy that grew up in the home of fine, upstanding parents that not only taught but lived the right way. The guy was given everything he needed and had to earn the extras in life, he wasn't abused nor was he pampered. When he graduated high school(with honors) he made the decision to not go to college but to join a local chapter of a 1% motorcycle gang. Just five years later he was president of that club, another two years passed and he was killed by an upcoming club member with aspirations. Can anyone really make a good case that he was the product of bad parenting? I think not. To blame the parents is not always the answer, although sometimes it is. Good, solid parenting can be trumped by free will. Free will can be influenced by outside forces. All a parent can do is to live and teach the right path and pray and hope that it sticks with the kids. One thing is for sure, a parent has to be a parent and not a friend. Another sure thing is, a parent can't wait till a child is 13 years old to begin nurturing their kids. It's called parental responsibility, but that is not the final line. [/QUOTE]
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