Posted on 02/27/2006 10:48:23 AM PST by presidio9
So true.
I remember her last two books, Will Somebody Please Notice Me Before I Have To Get A Day Job? and Where's My Career?
Amen.
Modern Baby Boomer parents aren't parents anymore, they want to be their kid's "friends."
I love kids, don't have any of my own, but have loved and cared for many. My conclusion is kids want discipline.
I've had kids destroy my property while their parents explain away their behavior as "Well, he is just trying to express himself."
I tell the parent that (on my property) precious doesn't express himself at my expense. And if he does, parent will pay for the damage.
Also, I discovered, many years ago, a good way to stop a temper tantrum in a store. When the kid is screaming "I WANT THAT TOY," simply drop to the ground, contort your face, and scream "I want a Mercedes, I want a new house, I want a cruise," and scream it to the top of your lungs, just like the kid.
EVERY time I've used that tactic the kid gets embarrassed, shuts up, and ends the tantrum, in fact begs me to quit and leave the toy department.
Of course, that might be because everybody is staring at me/us :)
Nice try there Sigfried. I like the attempt at psycho-babble.
I hate snakes and spiders too. They are also part of God's creation.
I just think He was having a bad day when He invented them.
As for kids, when they get past the point of being little sh**z, then I don't hate them anymore.
Its easy.
Actually, we do it because we're foodies and we love and enjoy the company of our children. My husband and I are both chefs and my mother and father love to eat. We want our children to be sophisticated eaters who know how to behave in a restaurant because this is important to all of us. My kids (6,4, and 2) sit for the entire meal and don't talk over everyone else. At the slightest hint of misbehavior we simply take them to the car. They hate this, because they want the good stuff too. Children can be taught to behave in nice restaurants it just takes determination and an ability to overlook the sneers and comments of sniveling liberals who think telling your kids no is the greatest sin possible on earth.
one night we were out in a Pizza Hut a big gaggle of kids and parents were making fools of themselves...
The parents were really children themselves.
Food throwing, profanity, spilling drinks, kids running all around...your basic nightmare.
We finally left when kids, AND ADULTS began having a fart noise contest.
That happened to me once. I'm not particularly proud of the event, but it was the only time in 20 years that I found myself in the back of a squad car. Luckily, in Texas, I was responding to a threat, so no charges were filed. I have a strong hunch that guy never threatened another parent though.
Incisive observation! Parents beget children who are destined to be like them. If the parents have no regard for other's rights, the children will have no regard for the rights of others.
My wife and I were in a store the other day and there was this little boy who kept shrieking. There was no reason for his behavior. He wasn't crying or in distress of any kind. His parents appeared to be oblivious to his behavior; not to everyone else in the store though. We finally just walked out to give our ears a rest.
In some states, it is still not illegal. Frowned upon, but not illegal.
next time he should say, "It's not illegal. If you don't hurry up and call the cops, I'm gonna call them on you for harrassment."
Oh, I see, you aren't "forcing" me to do anything.
But if I don't do as you command, you'll call me names and try to insult me, right?
I pity you.
And did your sweet "kid" cause the incident?
Be honest about it, if you kid p*ssed someone off enough to cause that commotion, maybe you deserved some jail time.
Back in the 60s and 70s my parents tried this, and it worked. Gently but firmly, they'd say things like "If you keep this up I'm going to blister your ass when we get home."
"My biggest pet peeve is parents who bring their kids to nice restaurants. I just don't get it. Why would you ruin a $100/person dinner by bringing a 2 year-old?"
I can answer that one - for my husband's birthday, he wanted to go out to dinner at a nice restaurant as a family, not just the steakhouse that the kids love. Our kids were 7 & 2. We told them they would have to behave and that this was a special treat for Daddy's birthday. It was a Tuesday night and we were seated in a back room. They were well-behaved and we had a wonderful meal.
As a side note, I would have thought nothing of walking outside with either one of them or both of them if they acted up - and they both know that.
I'm not commanding anything. I just think that, if what you say is true, you are a deficient human being. Just an observation.
Save you pity, smack your kid.
We were all kids once. Adults obviously tolerated you or you wouldn't still be here. I too want parents to use good discipline, but "adults" who hate kids remind me of kids in their 20's who hate the immaturity of 17-yr olds.
Humility is needed.
If you are referring to yourself, yes, that is the issue. You are still a boy. I think the people who "don't like kids" are ones who haven't grown up themselves.
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