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Oldgringo wrote:That was then and this is now...alas. I too remember when parents...were a force to be reckoned with.

If parents give up their power, they do it of their own accord, through ignorance, laziness, or other problems.

Children, horses, and dogs all respond to operant conditioning: Make the right thing easy, and the wrong thing painful.

Cats, not so much.

- Jim

Yea being 22 I am constantly around idiots doing stupid things, just like everyone else my age has said. Though being married and having a baby does make you grow up fast.

seamusTX wrote:

Oldgringo wrote:That was then and this is now...alas. I too remember when parents...were a force to be reckoned with.

If parents give up their power, they do it of their own accord, through ignorance, laziness, or other problems.

Children, horses, and dogs all respond to operant conditioning: Make the right thing easy, and the wrong thing painful.

Cats, not so much.

- Jim

And I am living proof that this does work, I was raised this way and it seems to be working pretty well so far on the other side of parenting.

39 and been there for 21 years.

seamusTX wrote:

Texas Size 11 wrote:My oldest is 12 and she [talks].

By the time I was 12, I had received a stern talking-to about what could be discussed outside the house and what could not. It stuck.

- Jim

I have to figure out a way to get through to her...like Ron White, the kid has the right to remain silent, but does not posses the ability.

25 over here. Getting the CHL kind of forced me to rethink who i hang out with, what activities i participate in (drinking, partying, etc- all which i have reduced significantly or eliminated) and be more aware of life in general.

Texas Size 11 wrote:

seamusTX wrote:

Texas Size 11 wrote:My oldest is 12 and she [talks].

By the time I was 12, I had received a stern talking-to about what could be discussed outside the house and what could not. It stuck.

- Jim

I have to figure out a way to get through to her...like Ron White, the kid has the right to remain silent, but does not posses the ability.

That should be easy. When her friends are around, you start talking. Dads always know embarrassing things about their daughters.

Once she gets a taste of her own medicine, she'll understand much better.

Pawpaw1 wrote:

Texas Size 11 wrote:

seamusTX wrote:

Texas Size 11 wrote:My oldest is 12 and she [talks].

By the time I was 12, I had received a stern talking-to about what could be discussed outside the house and what could not. It stuck.

- Jim

I have to figure out a way to get through to her...like Ron White, the kid has the right to remain silent, but does not posses the ability.

That should be easy. When her friends are around, you start talking. Dads always know embarrassing things about their daughters.

Once she gets a taste of her own medicine, she'll understand much better.

Oh yeah...I have video.

Texas Size 11 wrote:

Pawpaw1 wrote:

Texas Size 11 wrote:

seamusTX wrote:

Texas Size 11 wrote:My oldest is 12 and she [talks].

By the time I was 12, I had received a stern talking-to about what could be discussed outside the house and what could not. It stuck.

- Jim

I have to figure out a way to get through to her...like Ron White, the kid has the right to remain silent, but does not posses the ability.

That should be easy. When her friends are around, you start talking. Dads always know embarrassing things about their daughters.

Once she gets a taste of her own medicine, she'll understand much better.

Oh yeah...I have video.

Threaten her with YouTube exposure.

My age is, at this time, 58yrs. But I have been carrying a weapon since I was 12, and in Texas for the last 10 years.

Oneshooter
Livin in Texas

I'm smack dab in the middle of the 20's category. I had always wanted to get a CHL, partially due to my Texas pride and my ability to do such. And then Nobama came along, and I knew it was shoot or get off the pot time, so I got mine with four buddies. That hack of a president has done wonders for the gun industry in this economy, and frankly made AR-15's one of the most sound investments.

And as for odds, I'm a Murphy's law believer. It's that one time you want everything to go smoothly, that it doesn't (see Luby's massacre, Killeen, Virginia Tech, UT Tower Shootings, etc).

PvilleStang wrote:And as for odds, I'm a Murphy's law believer. It's that one time you want everything to go smoothly, that it doesn't (see Luby's massacre, Killeen, Virginia Tech, UT Tower Shootings, etc).

Better to have and not need, than to need and not have!

I'm 32 now and got mine when I was 21.

BTW: Should have added an "under 21" group for some military personal. My girlfriend is currently 20 (in the military) and just submitted all the paperwork for hers.

I'll be 30 tomorrow, and my plastic came in yesterday. I've been talking about getting my CHL for years, but just never got around to it. I finally decided, after seeing a flyer for a class on another board, to go ahead and do it. I'm glad I did.