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Originally Posted by Baz
Should we include prison excursions/field trips as part of our grade school curriculum?
Scare them straight, sorta thing?
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Like for kids whose parents didn't do their jobs?
My dad taught me many things.
The most important thing me taught me (and my brothers) is that it doesn't matter if you will get in trouble or not, or how much trouble you might get into. That has absolutely NOTHING to do with the decision-making process.
We should decide whether or not to do something based on if it is RIGHT or if it is WRONG, not because the consequences might be scary.
This message was reinforced consistently, so much that when my brothers and I compared notes for the old man's eulogy, we all came up with the above as the number one thing we learned from him.
none of the four of us have ever gotten into any trouble beyond a speeding ticket.
I guess we were very fortunate, blessed.
People with ****ty parents might even say we were privileged.
