Agreed.
Is it any surprise that it's MY generation that sunk the country into the biggest hole in nearly a century? Nope. I know, I know, "HEY YOU KIDS, GET OFF MY LAWN!", but seriously... If I brought a "C" home on a report card, I got the belt. If I talked back to my mom, I got the belt. We had a willow tree in our back yard and if you were bad, he'd say "Go cut a willow!" and you'd have to go out and choose your destiny: Thin ones leave a welt, thick ones leave a bruise. I was mortified of my father. Tell you what though, looking back, I'm glad he did it and it taught me more about life than I ever thought possible. Shoot, I'm still learning lessons from my old man on a regular basis. (mostly what NOT to do, but I wouldn't know if he hadn't done it -- see?) I really can't stand the fact that I sometimes act like my dad, and I know that I'm a little bit hard on my girls, but I truly believe that they will be better off in the long run.
