On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 10:08 AM, ss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 10 Apr 2008 4:39:43 pm Kiran Jonnalagadda wrote: > > Bad parenting + good peers = some hope > > Good parenting + bad peers = disaster > > Interesting but it sounds like an escape route for parents - a clause that > can > always be quoted as an excuse. > > The peer group cannot really be checked - so the burden falls on the parents > to bend or modify the influences. Not all parents can cope. They may be "good > parents" but if they can't cope it translates to the same as "bad parenting" > > There is no easy route.
We home schooled our children. Not a popular option in India I think, and one can argue whether that puts our kids in the "good peers" or "bad peers" equation, but I'm pretty happy with the results. -- Charles
