Respect

Bring your toddlers, your pets or even the local Wolfhound!

Wolfhounds make great service dogs! Bred and showed them for many years. They do have a penchant for sniffing crutches, their noses are at the correct level.

I heard a piece on the ABC Hourly Social Justice Report (they call it news) this morning; some group or other is lobbying to have old style discipline brought back into schools eg. "No talking over the teacher and putting your hand up if you have a question" - I had *no idea* such basic courtesies had disappeared! How could one possibly teach 30 children *without* some discipline?

Of course the discourteous woman should not have taken her baby to the show but you know how it is with some parents: their little darling should be viewed as a gift to the planet and can do no wrong. You know the type; they are at your house (usually just the once), put their feet (with shoes) on the furniture, demand constant attention and also manage to break something, "He can be a little boisterous" says the proud mother... "He can also be a little dead" I reply, and that usually brings the visit to a close.

I have raised children, partly on my own, and know how difficult it can be but unless they are taught self discipline and respect of others they will grow up to be unhappy, unpopular and frustrated and almost certainly raise bad children themselves - so the cycle repeats.