Discipline or lack of it

Two things I strongly believe in when it comes to raising kids: discipline and discipline. Based on what I've observed here in the Philippines, there are only two kinds of parents; the ones who perpetually support their kids into adulthood and the ones who are churning out kids to make them into slaves; putting them in the street as young as 5 years old to beg or steal in order to support the parents. The other day, one of my childhood friend told me that he has to show up for work every day regardless that he's suffering from a bad kidney problem. Why? His 3 kids are still dependent on him. And how old are the kids? The youngest is 25 the oldest is 33. Which by the way, are all married. And you know what? his is not an isolated case. This is very common here in the Philippines.

Every human being is created in the image of God, that is a biblical fact. But mylanta, there's just too many of them creations here in the Philippines. Everywhere you go, the streets here are teeming with them. And that's because the priests keep preaching that the man's banana water is sacred and therefore should not be wasted. And these women can't have a whiff of their husbands sweat without them getting pregnant. Not to mention that we have plenty of men who can't discern--- just because it wiggles and has a hole, doesn't mean that it's a bin for sacred water.

I went to see the expo for local products the other day, and I was not surprised to see products showcasing the Filipinos varied talents. Filipinos will step up to the pulpit when given the right training, so why are some parents, if not most, not training their kids in the way that they should go? In America when kids misbehave you'd hear people say "beat them until the white meat shows". You can apply that to both kids and parents here. Yup, until the brown and yellow meat shows.