Common Sense
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free skin care · Wed Mar 21, 2007 9:46 am

Common Sense

My parents told me about Mr. Common Sense early in my life and told me I would do well to call on him when making decisions. It seems he was always around in my early years but less and less as time passed until today I read his obituary.
Obituary - Common Sense

Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape.

He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as knowing when to come in out of the rain, why the early bird gets the worm, life isn't always fair, and maybe it was my fault. Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don't spend more than you earn) and reliable parenting strategies (adults, not children are in charge).

His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place. Reports of a six-year-old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate; teens suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch; and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition.

Common Sense lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing the job they themselves failed to do in disciplining their unruly children. It declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer aspirin, sun lotion or a band-aid to a student; but could not inform the parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion.

Common Sense lost the will to live as the Ten Commandments became contraband; churches became businesses; and criminals received better treatment than their victims. Common Sense took a beating when you couldn't defend yourself from a burglar in your own home and the burglar can sue you for assault.

Common Sense finally gave up the will to live, after a woman failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled a little in her lap, and was promptly awarded a huge settlement.

Common Sense was preceded in death by his parents, Truth and Trust; his wife, Discretion; his daughter, Responsibility; and his son, Reason. He is survived by three stepbrothers; I Know my Rights, Someone Else is to Blame, and I'm a Victim.

Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone. If you still remember him pass this on. If not, join the majority and do nothing.

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free skin care · Wed Mar 21, 2007 6:25 pm

cedar wrote:

Makes me nuts when I see parents negotiating with toddlers.

And parents who will not enforce reasonable consistent discipline and guidance from the start, but think they can clamp down much later. Too late!

OMG...too funny that you posted this! One of my nieces (mentioned her in the other post) was "negotiated with" from an early age. There was never a mandated "you WILL do this, because I say so" about ANYTHING. I'm not saying you have to rule with an iron fist 24/7...but at the end of the day, you're the parent and what you say goes (at least that's how it worked with me and my Mom!). My niece is now 13, and is selfish, mouthy, unappreciative and rude.

And like you said, Cedar...it's a hopeless case when the parents try to clamp down in later years. Whenever they try to get my niece to do something it falls on deaf ears...unless they bribe her with something she wants. She can't even take responsibility for keeping her room clean! But what do these whipped parents do? They hire one of those room organizer people to the tune of $5,000 to clean up and re-organize her bedrorom for her. They actually said with a straight face that my niece could not clean her room because she was so "overwhelmed" by how disorganized everything was, and she was too "intimidated" to begin tackling the mess all by herself. I can just see me back in the day, telling my mom that I was too emotionally fragile to clean my room. She would've laughed me right out of the house...and rightly so!! Laughing

Mary

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