Daughter, 16, charged in murder of mother, brothers

I am sick to death hearing about stories like this. I blame today's children's lack of respect and blatant disregard for anyone else but themselves on parents who practiced "time outs" with their children. These parents didn't want to upset their children and promote a society of violence by spanking their children. Hello??? That is why they have no respect for anyone. Time outs never worked. We, as a society, have failed the latest generation by not instilling a healthy respect (& fear) of their parents.

Spankings work people. Now I am not advocating beating children unmercifully. However, a good attention getter such as a slap on the behind works wonders. I am a child of the sixties (when parents could hit their children without fear of some liberal calling the cops and reporting abuse) and grew up loving my parents and respecting society in general. I was spanked on occasion (although not as much as I probably deserved). After a couple of spankings, just the threat alone was enough to put me back on the straight and narrow path. Spare the rod, spoil the child!