The other day in the grocery store I came upon a father and two little kids who were eating candy directly out of the bulk-food bin.
I just stared at the 3 of them - I could not believe that a father would teach his children that it was okay to do that.
I was at Sprouts and had gotten irritated with my own children for opening the bulk food lids. I was on a bit of a roll when I saw two boys playing in the oatmeal I had just gotten my oatmeal from. He said, "I don't want any, I just like to play in it." I was so disgusted I pulled his arm away and said, "People eat that." He ran off and told the lady who was watching him that I had smacked his hand. Overhearing this I went up to the lady and told her what really happened. She was very apologetic and the boy's friend -- the lady's son -- gave the first boy a hard time for lying about me hitting him. Anytime I was within earshot I would hear the boy's friend say, "I can't believe you lied and said that lady hit you."
"I could not believe that a father would teach his children that it was okay to do that."
I live in yuppieville and i have noticed that working father do nothing while the mother tends to the children. The fathers just seem to have that blank stare like they do at work.