Quote Originally Posted by sfa437 View Post
Was looking at the picture of the little Palestinian kids and I realized something else is wrong with the States.....

A distinct lack of appropriate role models. Who do kids look up to today? Felon sports stars, rock & rap "artists", drug dealers with flashy cars and wads of cash....

Fathers are absent, either working 16 hour days or just plain gone. The dissolution of the nuclear family has removed an important part of a young man's life.

My son, while I am gone quite a bit, is glued to my hip when I am home. We're inseparable- we work on my car, go fishing and hunting, we go to the shooting range, we play soccer and basketball, we go to the gym together, anything and everything with the exception of hitting the latrine and quality time with the wife includes him.

I teach him things like respect for his elders, reverence for all religions, honesty, honor and shame.

When he does something wrong he is ashamed of it, embarassed. I don't tell him it's OK and mollycoddle him- he gets punished- then it is forgotten about. RARELY does he make the same error.

Maybe if American parents took a more active role in their children's life instead of treating them like fashion accessories they'd have the internal moral compass to not kill someone whether it be by firearm or other means..........
A lot of those children have role models, just ones you wouldn't think are the best; actually, I'm sure their father's value systems are similar to your own. Don't look down on those kids too much because their fathers are more than likely nearby. You're thousands of miles away from your child, and you're away from the most formative years of your child willingly, by choice which is AMAZING to me.