Discipline Poem by AHO Speaks

Fair minded discipline is good for the person and good for the soul
A form of nourishment for children if they are to become whole
A child who has no fear, respect, or courtesy for their elders
Has no awareness of those who were our socieites builders.

Children seem to display ingratitude, selfishness and are generally rude
Their language, their dress and their behavior; is oft times quite crude
They are pesonalized, disruptive and often times vocally outspoken
Their contribtions to life amounts from little to a token

They make statements with their dress, their behavior and their hair
And in most cases they are saying, 'shove it for I don't care'
They seem to have all the money, for toys, booze and drugs they want
Their classrooms are filled with voices that are loud and do taunt..
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Hopefully they will grow up and this major portion of their lives denied
With no discipline they often make the wrong choice and some have died
Inside the familly, discipline, and civilized living should be taught
Most of the kids today when they leave their homes; it all but forgot.

It does no good to cry, gnash your teeth and wail
As they take your son or daughter and put them in jail.
Our materialistic society has become so opulent that we just don't care
The children live with us but we speak not about the words fair and share.

I see children at night and in the dark and it does become a scare
They are rampant in our malls and they just don't care
I'm sure the do-gooders will come to their defense and rights
I wonder what their kids are doing out late at night?

Disciplne is like nourishment even tho we call it food
It prepares the children for their future with thoughts seldom lewd.
As long as they live in your house they must play by your rules
Just as your parents loved you; so also the teachers in school.

It is a national disgrace that children can deny the rights of others
In a class room of learning and not even their sisters or brothers
That a child can be dismissed from school and a parent is not aware
But then like the child's behavior; maybe they just don't care.

'If a child doesn't get it then they won't get it' and that's a shame
When the time comes for counseling; guess who gets the blame.