think many parents try to buy cooperation and affection of their children. they are trying to buy it okay? because, you know, rather than say to the kid, listen, here is the boundary and here is what you do. and the kid starts to mouth off and don t like them, they say i really don t want to deal with that i will give them what they want. in fact, i will give them more so they like me. i think that s what s going on. yeah, because i think parents are are have a lot of guilt. either they are both stressing and working full time because they think they need two cars and three bathrooms or they are a single parent or divorced dad who only sees his kid once every week or every other week so he feels guilty. as a result there is a lot of jelly fish parenting going around. really loose, loose boundaries. at the other end, there are some parents that tend to be kind of what i call bring wall parents where it s very very strict. another thing that s happened, bill, we have come to this rea
that we have never seen in this country before toward traditional faith. ever seen it before that we re beginning to see now. it s coming in different forms. bill: they should be outraged then. let me give you my point of view and then you can tell me how wrong i am. east meadow long island, that s where i grew up. that s part of lovitt town that nexus out there. sure, i know it well. bill: 50 years ago that could have never happened in east meadow. never in a million years. to this deist meadow remains a christian community with a jewish population as well but largely christian. all right? now, the east meadow school district flat out insults every christian that lives there. every christian. you can t see easter. you can t say it. of course not. bill: 50 years ago there would have been marches on that school there would have been signs and town meetings. nothing now. nothing. whose fault is this? it s our fault and here is why. they are afraid. traditional people are
europe has become poorer and europe has become much less powerful. and it will happen over time. there will be ebbs and flows. but i think in this country as we become more secular and perhaps more progressive, but especially more secular. if the traditional people feel like it s always a war against them. if they are the evil doers. if he they re the haters, they are going to receive from public life, maybe from civic life, maybe they are not going to signed up to be in the military as much. maybe they are just going to we are going to take care of our families. keep our heads down and read our bible. read our holly books and that s going to work. bill: i think it s happened already. so outrageous what s gone on here. for america that s sad. america as a result will become poorer and weaker and less influential in the world. it happened in the former soviet union. you know what i would do if i were president, i would say i would name the districts we just named here and i woul
more common? i think this extreme is rare, bill but overall you are absolutely right. parents are stressed so they resort to strategies in the moment to try to fix the situation instead of thinking about the long term that you have to have a good relationship with your child and that s not going to model the behavior that we want them to have in the long term. so, it s the easy fix. suppresse re too stressed. we have got two jobs. we don t know how to take the larger strategies or that will take more time. and allow us to help us develop the skills like social skills and reasoning and problem solving. those take time to develop, bill. and we don t have that time. so, as a result of our stress, i think we resort to spanking and hitting and doing these horrible things that bill: you say you don t have the time. you can make the time. you don t have to work two jobs. you won t live as well or whatever. it s a decision. but,. i agree with you. bill: the problem that we are seeing
in new york city, spiro, as you know, and generally very hard workers, and when you go to greece everybody is sitting around a little i don t know. dearborn heights, michigan, bill, a kick of the day drink water with lemon before ordering in a restaurant. did bloomberg put you up to that? you re no fun. i always say it, mary, i am a boring guy. everybody knows that. peter, west babylon, new york. as a water i lose tips when people follow your tip, bill. if you go out to eat, indulge. if you have the money, fine, peter. if you don t, follow my advice. james strickland, ocala, florida, i ve read all of your books, and killing kennedy is my favorite and we have mug madness on billoreilly.com. buy any of the books get a fantastic mug free and great gifts, mother s day, father s day coming up, get on it, people. finally tonight the factor tip of the day, how to get what you want. you know, life to be easier if