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01/09/2008: ""meanest mom on the planet.""

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- ******We need more Jane Hambleton's in the world!** This is one mom who means what she says! When she gave her son a car at Thanksgiving, she also gave him two rules. No booze, and always lock the car. When she found booze under the front seat a mere three weeks later, she immediately put an add in the paper detailing why the car was on the market and sold it, even though she believed his story that someone else had put it there! That is a true expression of love - teaching her son accountability! You can bet that is not the first consequence he has ever suffered.
Too many parents today fail to actually be anything but a bail bondsman in their child's life. Instead of setting them up to be successful in life, the ever growing trend is selfishly striving to be a buddy to their kids, ignoring the responsibilities of parenting. //That is the most damaging thing you can do to your child!// They cannot learn accountability if they are never held accountable. Without the concept of accountability there is no concept of respect, for themselves or anyone else. They become adult children who are unable to positively contribute much to society. And the cycle continues with children raising children, fostering the decline of a nation.