Almighty Dad | A stay at home dad blog

  The reasons behind the State’s punishment of criminals are as follow: Retribution, Deterrence, Incapacitation, and Rehabilitation.  Criminal justice is one thing.  But we’re parents.  We don’t punish our kids out of retribution or incapacitation.  All we want is deterrence and rehabilitation.  After all my kids are 6 and 7; wouldn’t it be silly to [...]

   Children have minds of their own.  They do inexplicable things and, at times, they are frustratingly incompetent.  But kids are supposed to be that way.  They aren’t supposed to know to write code, bake a four layer cake, or know what a limited slip differential is.  Youngsters are ignorant of many things, and they [...]