Please, Please, Please? Nagging Has Become the Norm for Many Youth

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[Sub-Driver]

says enuff

[xsmommy]

"If we are spoiled," she says, "it's kind of the parents fault, too, for giving in to us."

DUH! it sure as heck IS! my kids are told "no" several times, if they continue, they are then told "you mention that one more time and you will not only not get THAT, but you will not get ANYTHING else, for some time to come...."

[Paul Atreides]

I always have to laugh when I hear of parents doing "time-outs" and coming up with "contracts" with their kids. It's as if the word "no" was written in another language and they have spines made of Jell-O. Plus, I think it is an ego-trip for the parents; afterall, they cannot have their little darling show up in front of their friends without the latest doo-dad or clothing.

[xsmommy]

i thought the mean moms might have something to say here...WImom, i don't have the dads list, maybe you can ping them?

[Paul Atreides]

Things started going downhill when parents began listening to the likes of Dr. Spock.

[Clara Lou]

Today's youth neither invented nor perfected nagging. I was pretty fair at it myself-- not that it got me anything.

[B.R. Burton]

but, mo-ohm. Puh-leeeeease. Jimmy's mom down the street is getting one, can't we have one? I'll pay you back. Huh, canna huh, huh?

[Arthur McGowan]

I wanna go to Mount Splashmore!

Take me, take me, take me now!

Now! Now! Now! Now!

Take me! Take me! Take me! Take me now!

[southernnorthcarolina]

i thought the mean moms might have something to say here...WImom, i don't have the dads list, maybe you can ping them?

You're asking WImom about nagging? Would this be the same WImom who spammed every single post during the FR fundraiser? Nagging? Geeze, WImom has retired the trophy!

[xsmommy]

Moms are SUPPOSED to nag!

[My Favorite Headache]

LOL

[xsmommy]

i feel like smacking you, just hearing that.... and this is only week one of summer vacation....; )

[humblegunner]

I tried that crap with my Dad. Once.

[michigander]

Nagging Has Become the Norm for Many Youth

My daughter did that once.
I told her I'd send her to her room for the rest of the night if it continued.
It did, I did. Dad was the badass for a few days.
Never happened again though. ;-)

[parsifal]

I think "nagging" is a maternally linked gene. Kids inherit it from their mommies. parsy the geneticist.

[WIMom]

so far we only have 2.

Good article. My kids get the look, are told to save for it and if they nag, they won't get anything for a month. It has worked. Parents need to set the rules when the kids are little, not when they're 8, 9, 12, or 15. It's too late then, and it is the responsibility of the parents to let them know who is in charge.

[WIMom]

Hey! I didn't spam all the threads....

[Woahhs]

The one that always gets me is:

"If you do that one more time..."

Which, of course, means "you got away with it this time."

[WIMom]

Kid: "Everyone else has one."

Mom: "Then go play with everyone elses."