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Hahah it seems like ive been posting here on a daily basis…sometimes twice in a day…..thus indicating and actually substantiating the fact that I actually have nothing else better to do……….

I was watching a bit of oprah just now….they were discussing abt how the current generation in america are very volatile and deteriorating because of the inability of parents to say no to them……..spoiling them rotten….even worse than soggy socks of the whole football team…..all because to compensate their absence…….they featured this family with the most brattiest and angry 9 yr old daughter…..there were videos of her screaming n yelling at her parents akin to Robert de niro (or was it al pacino?) in scar face?altho at times it seemed more like Linda blair in the excorcist….sumpah kalau anak aku mcm tu aku rebus……..hhahahah…pls, if there is anyone from social service reading this, don’t hold this post against me in the future…….i can agree to this after witnessing such atrocious children at supermarkets, toy stores and dental clinics……ade a little girl ni, she was rolling all over the kaki lima mcm nak masuk longkang and all the mother could muster was “sayang, jangan la macam ni, nanti jap lagi kite pegi beli kay” sheepishly…..i remember when I was younger, any misbehaviour would be accompanied by my mother’s cold stare….yet she can still maintain her composure and grace as a front when in public….n the icy stare wld be directed to us when there is a momentary eye contact….in that brief second I’ll know I’ll be getting the rest of it later at home….the old school of parenting believe discipline is the only way to bring up children…….children see parents esp fathers as authoritarians…….its a different kind of love they say….its there…its just hidden behind sweaty- frowning eyebrows and ever so ready raised bamboo canes…the current school of parenting is to be best friends with ur kids……getting into the groove of what’s hip……..

Nowadays the rotan is a rare commodity…..one day it might be featured on the history channel as a restraining tool…..a practice that had fallen with the demise of humility and respect in recent society……

our kids will have their fair share of smacks and hugs……..i’ll say more when that bridge is crossed…all we have to figure out now is how to make them……