12 Steps to Raise a Juvenile Delinquent
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Begin with infancy to give the child everything he wants. In this way he will grow up to believe the world owes him a living.
- Quarrel frequently in the presence of your children. In this way they won’t be so shocked when the home is broken up later.
- When he picks up bad words, laugh at him. This will make him think he’s cute.
- Give the child all the spending money he wants. Never let him earn his own.
- Never give him any spiritual training. Wait until he is twenty-one and then let “him decide for himself”.
- Satisfy his every craving for food, drink, and comfort. See that his every sensual desire is gratified.
- Avoid the use of “wrong”. He may develop a guilt complex. This will condition him to believe later, when he is arrested, that society is against him and he is being persecuted.
- Let him read any printed material, and listen to any music he can get his hands on. Be careful that the silverware and drinking glasses are sterilized, but let his mind feast on garbage.
- Pick up everything he leaves lying around. Do everything for him so that he will be experienced in throwing all responsibility on others.
- When he gets into real trouble, apologize to yourself by saying, “I could never do anything with him.”
- Take his part against neighbors, teachers, and policemen. They are all prejudiced against your child.
- Prepare for a life of grief. You will likely have it.
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6 opinions for 12 Steps to Raise a Juvenile Delinquent
sara
Sep 7, 2007 at 12:19 pm
“Never give him any spiritual training. Wait until he is twenty-one and then let “him decide for himself”.
thats insanse. being spiritual or not has nothing to do with juvenile deliquency.
Trench
Sep 7, 2007 at 6:45 pm
I disagree. Children with spiritual, or dare I even say religious, upbringings have a much better sense of right and wrong in my opinion.
sara
Sep 7, 2007 at 7:50 pm
I don’t understand how spirituality has anything to do with having a better sense of right and wrong. I would think that the decision between right and wrong would come from the morals a child is raised with.
On a completley separate note, i enjoy reading all your blogs.
Trench
Sep 8, 2007 at 6:58 pm
Thank you Sara. I appreciate that. :)
I gre3w up Catholic. My wife grew up Baptist. While we’re not the most church going people we’ve tried to instill Christian values into our kids. It seems to have worked because we’ve had very little problems with them. Plus from personal experience I’ve noticed that kids who don’t have some kind of spirituality or religion in their lives tend to be bigger problems than those who don’t. Now of course there are exceptions to every rule.
Bev Schweigert
Sep 9, 2007 at 4:01 pm
I totally agree with all 12 of the items listed! I have a very dear friend who basically let’s her son run her life. 4, 6, 7 and 9 are the worst…. but she can’t understand why he talks to her like he does…. he has no respect for her at all and is constantly demanding things…. but there’s no telling her that she needs to learn to say no.
BMS
Nov 12, 2007 at 3:23 pm
Spiritual training does not have to be religious training. But whether you are a Church every Sunday type or an atheist, your child should have a clearly communicated moral code to follow. Doesn’t matter if you tell your kid to follow the golden rule, the 10 commandments, the teachings of Buddha, or whatever list you come up with - they need to know that they are not the only person in the universe, that others matter, and that there are things more important than their little corner of the world. That is what I think ’spiritual training’ needs to entail.
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