LETTER: Discipline and respect should begin at the home

Many of us from the older generation are witnessing too many of our younger people lacking in self-control, respect for others and not taking responsibility for their questionable actions.

Some parents are obviously MIA.

Sex education seems to be a hot topic to teach our young children today.

Parents, teach your children that what is allowed in your home is not always allowed in the real world.

We have rules and regulations that apply to us all.

When in the public, it is not all right to yell and scream, throw tantrums demanding they get their way, and it is not tolerated when destroying other people’s property and becoming violent.

Parents should also realize their children may end up behind bars, or injured or dead, if laws of the land are broken for things that the parents themselves could have possibly prevented.

Give the child a chance to make the right choices.

A parent volunteering in their child’s classroom for just a month may learn the need to teach their children that other people matter also.

Our teachers are dealing with undisciplined children, and that makes their jobs more difficult when trying to teach the ones who wish to learn.

Teach discipline and respect at home before the child starts school.

Hopefully, not only will our children be taught about sex in school, but also about the history of our country and the reason for our Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

Communication skills, without violence, is another needed lesson.

Shirley Berg,

Sequim