I wish

if i asked for something in the store more than once if i was in anyway ungentlemanly or rude i would get a spanking in front of everyone. If i was really out of line i have known my mom to yank the back of my pants down,exposing my little white bottom and warm it up in the grocery store. I said yes maam and no sir. I was required to do chores and work from three years my mom and dad set me down on my third birthday. they were very serious about it. they told me i was old enough to start earning my keep.and no free ride from here on out.I would be expected to water the dogs every day and my dad would check on them to make sure it was done, if it wasn't i would have to go outside after dark and do it when he got home. I'm not saying i did it every day but I usually did and we had alot of walkers to water i had to talk my sister into going outside at dark with me when i was caught so i wouldn't be scared. I had no t.v. no nintendo or atari until i was 15 or sixteen. I spent all my free time in the woods I had weapon catches (home made) spread out over two square miles along with forts. I hunted alone with a twenty two at 11 yrs old killed a deer by myself by then. I had built a tree house on my own by then. I could drive a hay truck . i knew how to build a fire and heat up metal red hot by myself and hammer it into a crude spear.I am not a over achiever as an adult but I think back to the way it was when i was a kid and I look at kids today, even country kids and i couldn't even see any of them knowing that stuff or being near responsible enough to cary a gun at 13 or 14. I drove the truck two miles on my own on the dirty road at 11 or 12 picked up a bale on the spear and feed the cows while dad was working. I don't know any kid who could operate a saw or anything like it at that age today. I did all the time and so did most of the kids i grew up with. Heck i changed brake pads at twelve.It's the video games that have ruined em theyu don't play outside enough.