Just Trying to Be a Good Father

[Just a Shepherd]

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Teaching them to break the rules and encouraging them to do something that would injure another person is being a good father now? Or am I missing something?

Originally Posted by Malvaro

I must have lived a boring childhood.... never heard of those....

You were probably raised in some sissy state that had no real boys and now has few real men!

J/K I will admit that we engaged in what some see as risky behavior but I much prefer that over the sanitized, sissified and homogenized raising that I see in our world today. We were tough and tumble and fought like wild indians but our passion for life was not squelched by inferred and implanted FEAR! We grew into men that knew how to disagree without becoming ultimately disagreeable.

Some of my best friends in the world were those who beat me up or were beaten up by me. Once the whuppin' took place (no matter who whupped whom) we were best friends! It weren't nuthin' personal ya know!

Originally Posted by Just a Shepherd

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Teaching them to break the rules and encouraging them to do something that would injure another person is being a good father now? Or am I missing something?

You are definitely missing something. See my prior post!

My dad always taught me to never start a fight but to always do my best to finish it! He was an Okie and a powerful Pentecostal preacher. I guess he was wrong too.

[Coonskinner]

Originally Posted by Just a Shepherd

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Teaching them to break the rules and encouraging them to do something that would injure another person is being a good father now? Or am I missing something?

Pray for us, Elder.

[StillStanding]

Coonskinner, That story is classic!

[Just a Shepherd]

Originally Posted by philjones

You are definitely missing something. See my prior post!

My dad always taught me to never start a fight but to always do my best to finish it! He was an Okie and a powerful Pentecostal preacher. I guess he was wrong too.

I still don't see it Phil. I understand what you are saying and I see the nostalgia in wanting the Mayberry, Opie with a slingshot mentality but the Bible commands us to instruct our children to obey them that have the rule over you.

The rule is fundamental to the order and discipline of the school and in place to ensure that everyone's safety is regarded. Teaching kids to disregard the rule, as long as they are willing to suffer the consequenses is in error I believe. Further, how would CS being a pastor have any moral authority to expect that the rules of his Sunday School be followed, if he teaches his own kids to secretly break the rules at public school?

[Just a Shepherd]

Originally Posted by Coonskinner

Pray for us, Elder.

I would if you really meant that...

[rgcraig]

Originally Posted by Just a Shepherd

I still don't see it Phil. I understand what you are saying and I see the nostalgia in wanting the Mayberry, Opie with a slingshot mentality but the Bible commands us to instruct our children to obey them that have the rule over you.

The rule is fundamental to the order and discipline of the school and in place to ensure that everyone's safety is regarded. Teaching kids to disregard the rule, as long as they are willing to suffer the consequenses is in error I believe. Further, how would CS being a pastor have any moral authority to expect that the rules of his Sunday School be followed, if he teaches his own kids to secretly break the rules at pulic school?

I really doubt there's a rule that says "do not fly paper hornets"...........

[Coonskinner]

Originally Posted by Just a Shepherd

I would if you really meant that...

I really do.

[Neck]

Originally Posted by Coonskinner

Just this week, I have taken a trip down memory lane in order to try and be a good father to my sons.

The latest rage at their little country school is shooting "paper hornets" off rubber bands at one another.

This is of course a non-sanctioned activity as far as the teachers are concerned...but, like when I was a lad, it goes on.

Anyway, after abserving them making up supplies of ammunition in the evenings, preparing for the next day's battles, my mind drifted back to the days of my childhood, and of battles I fought and won in that very same arena.

I was an innovative kid, and always looked for ways to get the edge on the competition. This led to some pretty intensive research and development which in turn catapulted me into superpower status in the paper hornet wars.

So, desiring to be a good father, I sat down with my boys and had a serious conversation with them.

I asked them if they were fully aware of the fact that they were going to be in trouble with their teachers if they got caught shooting paper hornets...they affirmed that they were indeed aware.

I then asked them, in all honesty, if they planned to go ahead shooting them and take their chances...again, an affirmative answer.

My next question was, "Are you prepared to accept the consequences like men and not whine if you get nailed?"

They assured me that they were.

So, having cleared the preliminaries, I sat down with them to show them how to make the best paper hornets known to man, with several innovative features that will raise whelps of maximum size upon impact.

I know a little something about boys, and one of the things I know is that they are going to do these things. So, my philosophy is, if it's worth doing, it's worth doing right.

Anyway, I showed them how to embed bb's in their paper hornets and wrap them with duct tape so that they can demolish the competiton.

Colton came home yesterday with glowing reports of glorious victories and total playground domination...

He says his buddy's all think I'm cool.

I got suspended in 1978 in Cincinnati Ohio for doing just the same thing.

Except my paper bullet hit Mr. Link my science teacher...

He was not pleased..