NO WAS ONCE A RESPECTABLE WORD Parents once used a word not so terribly long ago. It was used fairly often, the short and very simple no! Parents often used it in teaching kids wants and needs. Wants sometimes receive a no, while needs receive yes, indeeds! Experts have told parents a no is a definite no-no. Your no must look like a yes, to protect your child's ego. No was once used to alert kids to danger, no drugs, no booze, no sex, no candy from a stranger. Since no is never heard in denying them pleasure, teens can not use the word in answer to peer pressure. It makes it hard for them as they struggle for maturity. For no's a common word when facing cold reality. Never having heard a no, they can't accept the word. And pout and shout out loud in hopes a yes will be heard. We find them everywhere, in divorce courts, even jail, Sometimes in the White House, and in relationships that fail. Parents need to bring back no, and this time let it stay. For when used and not abused, it's a loving word to say. copyright 2000 by Roland Ricker HOME                     EMAIL