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To: Dayuhan who wrote (24598)	8/26/1998 1:00:00 PM
From: Jacques Chitte	Respond to of 108807

This was once a big topic on this thread. A year ago? I am compelled to agree. There is quite a Cult of the Victim in this country now - a move to embrace the credo "It's not MY fault!" The reclassification of personal failures as medical conditions is one facet of this. The McDonald's hot coffee lawsuit (and its resultant eight-figure award!) surely stands as a pinnacle of this new paradigm. I remember the kid in Repo Man dying of a gunshot wound after a botched convenience store raid. With his last breath, he declared "I blame society."

To: Dayuhan who wrote (24598)	8/26/1998 1:47:00 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

Not having children I'm not an expert on our schools but a neighbor wanted to enroll her son in a Catholic grade school. That was until they told her all the children were required to be on Ritalin[?], a tranquilizer used to tread ADD syndrome. Makes the cookie gobblers easier to handle during the day.

To: Dayuhan who wrote (24598)	8/26/1998 11:21:00 PM
From: Buzz Lightbeer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

This note came in the orientation package for my kindergartner. It dovetails nicely with our parenting philosophy. Maybe they should try this approach first. Bill of Rights for Children Because it is the most character-building, two-letter word in the English language, children have the right to hear their parents say "No" at least three times a day. Children have the right to find out early in their lives that their parents don't exist to make them happy, but to offer them the opportunity to learn the skills they - children - will need to eventually make themselves happy. Children have a right to scream all they want over the decisions their parents make, albeit their parents have the right to confine said screaming to certain areas of their homes. Children have the right to find out early that their parents care deeply for them but don't give a hoot what their children think about them at any given moment in time. Because it is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, children have the right to hear their parents say "Because I said so" on a regular and frequent basis. Because it is the most character-building activity a child can engage in, children have the right to share significantly in the doing of household chores. Every child has the right to discover early in life that he isn't the center of the universe(or his family or his parents' lives), that he isn't a big fish in a small pond, that he isn't the Second Coming, and that he's not even - in the total scheme of things - very important at all, no one is, so as to prevent him from becoming an insufferable brat. Children have the right to learn to be grateful for what they receive, therefore, they have the right to receive all of what they truly need and very little of what they simply want. Children have the right to learn early in their lives that obedience to legitimate authority is not optional, that there are consequences for disobedience, and that said consequences are memorable and therefore, persuasive. John Rosemond is a family psychologist in North Carolina