I hear you on the proper way of raising a properly behaved child, unfortunately, my friends have completely ignored any kind of sound parenting methods. Their child has parents rather than the parents having a child...if you can understand that.
That S-Dime has been a staple of MANY past adventures, and learning, it is an old friend. The only thing I have never been able to talk him into is a V8 conversion. I think my friend would like to, but he would also like to stay married.