Posted on 02/27/2006 10:48:23 AM PST by presidio9
Right on.
"and to the extent that the reproductive free Miss Frost is serious, she's got some serious issues."
And why is that? We all have to like kids because you do?
I hate the little buggers. Don't have any, won't have any. And don't expect me to put up with and tolerate yours.
That will cause a major conflict.
You got some serious psycho problems boy.
Fried with onions.
I got a few of my own. I love them, but I'm looking forward to them leaving the nest. Or me leaving the nest, whatever it takes.
That's pathetic. I can see being annoyed by misbehaving kids, and have been myself, but anyone who can't take pleasure in the smile and wonder of a kid is deficient.
That's easy - because the ENTIRE WORLD POPULATION must enjoy their precious little monster as much as mom and dad do. Actually, I think it's just a case of 'misery loves company.'
Go tell your momma a boy kicked your ass.
The rod of correction imparts wisdom,
but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.
-- Proverbs 29:15
OTOH, why do adults like this expect kids to behave the way they did in the 19th Century when the adults don't? Example: kicking over someone else's baby stroller. Kids imitate adults and will act just as boorish as their elders.
I would in all liklihood deal with that without violence. My wife, who's no little woman at 6' would on the other hand would have beaten Frost to a bloody pulp had she tripped one of our children in her presence. Frost had best perhaps rethink some of her outward displays of her pathological hatred.
The former is an idiosyncrasy that can be accepted -- especially in crotchety old characters who enjoy being feared and avoided. It's almost endearing.
The latter is a pathology which loathes the continuation of mankind on the planet. Hating children is like hating the future, like hating mankind. It's simply not acceptable.
"You know, I've noticed that most ill-behaved children have ill-behaved parents."
Dead on. I don't hate children, I hate their trailer-trash parents.
As a parent myself I have absolutely NO tolerance for children who are ill behaved. I have compassion when those unavoidable incidents happen, as they do with even the best children from time to time.. I have absolutely no tolerance for children who clearly have never been held to any sort of behavioral standard in their lives, but who's parents think its ok to subject their lack of parenting skills onto the rest of the world.
And I think anyone who doesn't like motorcycles is deficient.
Why MUST I like what you like?
And anyone who thinks like you do, is the next best thing to a commie tyrant I ever met.
In life, we all don't think alike. So why do so many insist on forcing others to follow their lead?
It's not the kids that are the problem, it's their stupid parents who cannot be bothered to teach them how to properly behave in public.
Another pet peeve of mine is people who refer to children as a "miracle."
Anything that can be done by two drunk 16 year-olds with a spotty appreciation of contraception is not a "miracle."
So true. I'll take it a step further and add that the main fault of bad parenting is the reluctance to exercise authority consistenly.
I'm not forcing you to like anything, I'm just pointing out that if you honestly hate kids as such, you are a deficient human being.
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