‘No’ to children pole dancing

I agree with the premier on this one, this evening I heard a woman call in to the radio trying to sell us the virtues of pole dancing. Apparently she considers it an art, what got most of the listeners going was when she asked, "but what if when your daughter comes up to you saying she really wants to pole dance".
CHILDREN wanting to get fit are better with swimming lessons or little athletics than pole dancing classes, NSW Premier Morris Iemma says. Family groups have spoken out about pole fitness classes being attended by children as young as seven, saying they are sexualising children. A father of four, Mr Iemma today said he would not want his children taking part in the classes. News.com.au
She eventually said it was up to the parents and agreed to disagree. I have an uneasy feeling that a sizable number of parents out there share the opinion of this woman. I have to say to such folks, wake up will you, your children are exactly that, your children, they're not your friends or your buddies. Part of being a parent is saying no, what are you going to do if they ask you for the keys to the car or if they want to do drugs, no worries? What if they really, really, really want to go out at 2 in the morning and everybody else does it and you're such a hard bastard and you suck and they really hate you?

Suck it up, grow a pair people, that's parenting and contrary to the old saying, they'll never thank you for it either, but trust me, years from now they'll secretly be grateful you kept them in line. Don't just give in and take the easy route, you're meant to teach them, to guide them and be a mean old bastard to protect them from foolish decisions even when they refuse to see why.

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