tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010473.post-69016868610806999482008-05-09T08:29:00.000-07:002008-05-09T08:29:00.000-07:00All this stereotype talk always just hurts me right in the gut. <BR/><BR/>If you want to talk stereotypes, there's also extreme opposite of the white parents who beat their kids regularly and for just about anything. My brother's living in rural Texas and can't seem to make any friends because of this attitude, which seems to be pretty widely accepted in the area he's in.<BR/><BR/>My Euro-momma sure didn't let me get away with anything, but I always felt the punishments were fair and in proportion. There were consequences and there were ways to behave. My sisters kids were raised the same way. Her daughter's about to have her first child and I think she'll pass that on.<BR/><BR/>I'm also frustrated with the way that good manners and respect are falling by the wayside. I'm tempted to blame a certain affluent section of white America, too. But then I look at what's going on on TV and all these reality shows seem to be a very public attack on the concept of treating each other with respect, and that's across the board from the sick competitions on Survivor and Temptation Island to the Flavor of Love.<BR/><BR/>I guess it all boils down to, I don't see how accepting stereotypes of any kind rather than resisting them helps to figure out the problem in any way. It seems like it just makes it easier to shrug one's shoulders and let it be someone else's problem. <BR/><BR/>Also, it gives me a stomach ache.Sundryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11395065569691894697noreply@blogger.com