Elbows on the table...please do

It used to be that children were considered demons if they placed their elbows on the table during suppertime. This is no longer true. In an age where children are misbehaving in ways that seemed unimaginable in the 1980s, boys and girls are being encouraged to put their elbows on the table if it might modify other deviant behaviors.

Placing one's elbows on the table is the least of many parents' worries these days. With the arrival of bloodcurdling video games, children are more prone to violence and bad language on a daily basis. Some young chaps will mutter mother fucker instead of whistling a sunny tune while walking down the street. These antisocial and gross behaviors are going on many of the lives of our young children. One of my teacher friends stated: "Considering the scope of how these children behave in and outside of a classroom, many parents should kiss the ground if their children are just putting their elbows on the table. I have some parents who can't stop their children from cutting themselves....they are only seven years old."