This is my first time posting a real blog but I just had to speak on this subject. If you feel me or disagree with me, let me know. Do bad children equal bad parents? Basically if you have a bad ass child, does that mean you are a bad parent with inadequate parenting skills? I don't think so. I feel that in some cases bad kids are the result of a generation of parents that don't give a fuck. However, I think it would be foolish to make a hasty generaliztion like all bad children stem from bad parenting. I am a parent and I know that my kids watch everything I do and listen to everything I say, so I have to be careful not to mislead them. By no means am I perfect and I know they might get some bad habits from me, but none that will potentially ruin their life or classify them as bad children. If my son hits another kid in the head at school, why should people assume it's because he learned it from home? If your child lives in a bubble and has never left the house before, then maybe that would be true. Yes it's true that some bad kids come from bad parents, but don't good kids come from bad parents too? Why is it that the reverse isn't true? If good kids can come from bad parents, why can't bad kids come from good parents? Here's a newsflash! As long as children can go out into this big bad world of ours, they will be exposed to the best and worst the world has to offer and they will absorb bits and pieces of everything. You can't shelter your children from the world and if you try, you are doing them a disservice. How many people can say they never behaved badly at some point? Does that mean your parents failed? I have two great parents but I still did some things I shouldn't have while growing up. That's like a slap in the face to all the good parents with bad children who went astray. People need to stop trying to treat these kids as innocent victims. They are acting more like adults, so treat their bad asses like adults! Hold them responsible for the shit they do instead of blaming the parents. It's not the parents fault they gave birth to a little fuck-up intent on wreaking havoc everytime they wake up! There is one thing I fault the parents for though. They need to whip these little bad motherfuckas asses! Stop thinking the bad shit they do is acceptable while they're young, because when they get older you won't be able to stop them. How you gonna tell your son to stop runnin' the streets when he's 6'4", 200 pounds at the age of 16? It's too late... get them while they're young and command their respect not their friendship. I'm 30 yrs old and I still respect my dad, but that respect grew from a fear of him as a child. I knew I couldn't get over on him. Nobody respects a pushover. So why should a child respect a parent that he can push around and manipulate? Think about it...