These people are out making bad decisions and you're picking up the tab for it. You're not helping by allowing children to come home and be non-productive. If people don't require enough of themselves, you have to start requiring more of them. The biggest mistake in motivating children is not allowing them to be who they can be. We're seeing people who are fixed in the teenage years, and parents would never let their children go back into the third grade and stay for ten years.
Indulgence is one of the most insidious forms of child abuse known to man.
You can take that stand and do it with love. I think each of us comes to the planet to figure out what it is we have to offer and get about the business of doing it. I don't think there's anything nice about wasting the Creator's time. If you'd like a transcript of today's program, or any program, click here to order one from Burrelle's Transcripts for five dollars. For more information on Dr. Phil, please visit our Oprah's 2000 Time Capsule with Dr. Phil McGraw .