I don't like to criticize others parenting skills because it is so difficult and lord knows I've f'd it up a few times BUT parents do need to take it off auto-pilot. Self expression should not mean bad manners. I know I could go on but I will stop there.
I agree that parenting is one of the most difficult jobs we'll ever have. But atrocious manners masquerading as self-expression is just plain laziness by the parents. That, or simply a reflection of their own personalities.
i can criticize freely because i don't have children. this particular website caters to folks who are fed up with parents being inappropriate with their children and not thinking twice about it. for instance, taking babies to bars because they need a night out- and apparently don't want to waste their beer money on a babysitter. or letting them run around restaurants screaming and tripping the waitstaff- or letting them run amok in a store. my steely stare makes the kids stop- but the parents are oblivious. children are not accessories- they are human beings.
I agree to a point but being a parent of 3 very different children the same rules don't always apply. I expect my children to behave and have manners in the real world. People judge by looks which isn't always correct. I've had people say that they can't believe how polite my son is. Like because he has a tongue ring and can rap takes away from manners. On parents taking kids to a bar they were probably to young to have children in the first place. You know I could go on but I won't
>> Children, for the most part, are a reflection of their parents.
We often blame the public school system for our children's failings...they are there to educate our kids (blame them if they can't do math)...but we are the ones who are meant to be the parents of children.
Don't create one if you don't know what the hell to do for the next 18 yrs or so...
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I don't like to criticize others parenting skills because it is so difficult and lord knows I've f'd it up a few times BUT parents do need to take it off auto-pilot. Self expression should not mean bad manners. I know I could go on but I will stop there.
I agree that parenting is one of the most difficult jobs we'll ever have. But atrocious manners masquerading as self-expression is just plain laziness by the parents. That, or simply a reflection of their own personalities.
i can criticize freely because i don't have children. this particular website caters to folks who are fed up with parents being inappropriate with their children and not thinking twice about it. for instance, taking babies to bars because they need a night out- and apparently don't want to waste their beer money on a babysitter. or letting them run around restaurants screaming and tripping the waitstaff- or letting them run amok in a store. my steely stare makes the kids stop- but the parents are oblivious. children are not accessories- they are human beings.
I agree to a point but being a parent of 3 very different children the same rules don't always apply. I expect my children to behave and have manners in the real world. People judge by looks which isn't always correct. I've had people say that they can't believe how polite my son is. Like because he has a tongue ring and can rap takes away from manners. On parents taking kids to a bar they were probably to young to have children in the first place. You know I could go on but I won't
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Children, for the most part, are a reflection of their parents.
We often blame the public school system for our children's failings...they are there to educate our kids (blame them if they can't do math)...but we are the ones who are meant to be the parents of children.
Don't create one if you don't know what the hell to do for the next 18 yrs or so...
holla!!
Unless having children, is your greatest joy, don't do it.
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