tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367019700923216960.post7592628514726934094..comments2024-01-17T13:19:24.071-06:00Comments on Salvation And Survival: The Disease Destroying America's Soul: AffluenzaPam Kohlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00678673505358164380noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367019700923216960.post-63916470169840002922013-12-17T15:21:20.306-06:002013-12-17T15:21:20.306-06:00Well said! And a great idea to limit the data pla...Well said! And a great idea to limit the data plan. We must equip our kids to deal with adverse conditions; and believe me, there are more negative and unfavorable circumstances coming their way than no texting for a day! Decent behavior ... Saying "No" .... Doing without .... what novel ideas! Thanks for the reminder to get back to basics!Pam Kohlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00678673505358164380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367019700923216960.post-64776183336736669782013-12-17T10:15:28.267-06:002013-12-17T10:15:28.267-06:00Affluenza...where to start?
Hey parents, I'm ...Affluenza...where to start?<br /><br />Hey parents, I'm sure most of your kids have their own cell phones. Something utterly unheard of when I was a kid, but I completely understand the need to be able to coordinate busy schedules and make sure your kids are can call for help if needed. I get it. <br /><br />But do you want to see a short, sharp lesson impact your kids? Just call your cell provider and have them turn off your kids' data plan and/or their texting service. It just takes a quick call from the account holder. You can do if for a day, you can do it for a week, you can do it...for as long as it takes to get their attention. Your provider can turn the service back on just as fast as they turned it off - it's all just a setting they select for your account profile.<br /><br />Rooms not cleaned up like you asked? No YouTube or texting for a day. Backtalk their mother? No data plan for a week. This will let you bring home how privileged they are, and how quickly you can impact their immediate social lives without taking away things like actual conversations or the ability to call home. <br /><br />Now take the lesson one step further: remind them when they can't text or access InstaGram, that you're not the only one who has the power to turn that off. The NSA could do it. The FBI could do it. And we likely wouldn't even be allowed to read the warrant because it would be classified.<br /><br />Show your kids that having everything at their fingertips isn't guaranteed. Show them that you expect decent behavior. And show them that SOMEBODY is willing to say, "No" to them sometime. Clearly, Ethan Couch never had anybody tell him no or inconvenience his life...and it barely looks like our judicial process is willing to even do it no.<br /><br /> GreenEyedJinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00995782316684453263noreply@blogger.com