Comments on: Home Rules For Children

By: Saskia

Saskia — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:24:05 +0000

I studied karate in the US and in the Netherlands, and this is a very American approach. My karate studio in California had the same rules – karate is not just about the moves but about respect for yourself and others – including your parents. We had to draw up a list of our chores at home and hand it in. So every time I cleared the table, I was doing it because my mom told me to, but also because my sensei told me to.

In the Netherlands, not so much. I think they already assumed that we would help out at home (kids here tend to be a little more responsible and are used to helping out at an early age).

By: Lance

Lance — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:18:55 +0000

New title…

HOME RULES FOR PARENTS WHO DON'T SPANK THEIR KIDS

Since I'm not a parent, this is a supporting statement for the above comment.

By: Bernard Shuford

Bernard Shuford — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:18:27 +0000

I'm convinced that a lot of martial arts studios couldn't survive if it weren't for desperate parents bringing them ill-behaved children because they know the punk kid can't whip the sensei's butt like he can theirs, so this kind of thing is apparently pretty wide spread. Most martial arts studios I've seen claim to teach kids to fight so that they'll be good kids. Whaddever. I want my kid to know how to fight so he can whip some dude's tail for trying to kiss his sister. Or to protect me when I'm old and feeble.

But I'll kick his tail and teach him to be a good kid MYSELF, thank you very much.

We're together on this, bro. This is krap with a kapital k.

By: Staci

Staci — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:20:28 +0000

I think the "open the refrigerator and have a glass of milk or juice" is the best….worst…whatever. This whole thing is just a little weird.