Rules For Raising A
  
Juvenile Delinquent

 

 

 

1.   Begin with infancy to give the child

      Everything he wants.  In this way he

      will grow up to believe the world

      owes him a living. 

 

7.    Quarrel frequently in the presence of

       your children. In this way they won't

       be so shocked when the home is

       broken up later. 

2.   When he picks up bad words, laugh

      at him. This will make him think he's

      cute

 

8.    Give the child all the spending money

        he wants. Never let him earn his own.

3.   Never give him any spiritual training.

       Wait until he is twenty-one and then

       let "him decide for himself". 

 

9.     Satisfy his every craving for food,

        drink, and comfort. See that his

        every sensual desire is gratified.

4.   Avoid the use of "wrong". He may

      develop a guilt complex. This will

      condition him to believe later,

      when he is arrested, that society

      is against him and he is being

      persecuted. 

 

10.    Let him read any printed material,

         and listen to any music he can get

         his hands on. Be careful that the

         silverware and drinking glasses

         are sterilized, but let his mind

         feast on garbage.

5.   Pick up everything he leaves

       lying around. Do everything

       for him so that he will be

       experienced in throwing all

       responsibility on others. 

 

11.    When he gets into real trouble,

         apologize to yourself by saying,

         "I could never do anything with

          him."

6.   Take his part against neighbors,

       teachers, and policemen. They

      are all prejudiced against your

      child

 

12.    Prepare for a life of grief.  You

         will likely have it.

Taken from a pamphlet entitled Twelve Rules for Raising Delinquent Children distributed by the Houston Police Department.


And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath:

 but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Ephesians 6:4

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 22:6

The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Proverbs 29:15

Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
Colossians 3:20