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+7Misti flatbroke Vanesa Lily JW Carol Savannah 11 posters | Author | Message |
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Savannah "Psalm 34"
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| Subject: The things you hear at the store..... Wed Feb 13, 2008 1:48 pm | |
| I was at the store yesterday, and I saw this cute little boy, who couldn't have been more than four years old. He was looking at some chips, and his Dad said "C'mon buddy, time to go". The little boy looked at his Dad, then back at the chips, and didn't move. His Dad called him again. When the little boy still didn't move, the Dad gently took his arm, and guided him toward the cart. The little boy planted his feet in place, glared at his Dad, and told him "Get your hands off me right now, Dad!" I was so blown away! First, because the little boy spoke so disrespectfully - but also, because his Dad laughed and said "Okay, buddy". :faint2: Now, I'm not saying that the Dad should half-kill the child . . . . . But even in public, it's possible to quietly let that child know that that kind of disrespect is not going to be tolerated. Unbelievable! | |
| | | Carol Adventure Seeker
Number of posts : 8665 Location : California Country Mood :
| | | | JW Isaiah Edwards
Number of posts : 9016 Location : Life is short! embrace it with a SMILE. Mood :
| Subject: Re: The things you hear at the store..... Wed Feb 13, 2008 3:28 pm | |
| So True Back Then Parent's give the Children a Whipin if they misbehaved now the Children Hit there Parents I have seen this my Cousin's Children do it to her she has had such a Tough time already her Husband was always Drinking and now he left her in mexico just drop her off at her parents and told her he was gonna pick her up again but never did then came in the middel of the night and stohl her money and had other woman and stuff finally he ended Up in a Rehab Center once he got out he wanted her back but she said no for once and for all she had taken him back for 3 Times already | |
| | | Lily "Beautiful Life"
Number of posts : 6784 Location : In the town shopping Mood :
| | | | Savannah "Psalm 34"
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| Subject: Re: The things you hear at the store..... Wed Feb 13, 2008 6:20 pm | |
| - Lily wrote:
- They're no parental guidelines at home, parents using profanity in front of their kids which I have heard many times in the stores and on the streets. Unfortunately, it will pass down from generation to generation. It's a real shame!!!
That ALWAYS shocks me, when an adult uses foul language in front of children. I know that they hear it in music and movies (which shouldn't be!) but it isn't the same as having an adult that they know and (should) respect using that kind of language in front of them. It sets a very poor example. I hate to hear parents screaming and shouting at their children. (Especially now) A lot of times, what has happened is that the parents have been annoyed by the child's behavior throughout the day, but didn't address the problem before. So things build up and build up, and the parent explodes instead of taking care of things the proper way. Loses complete control of their temper, screaming and shouting things that shouldn't be said.....But there is so much disrespect now. In all ages. I've heard couples speak in a shockingly rude and unkind manner to one another, and wonder how they think they can build a relationship treating one another that way. So many people seem to have the mentality that "The most important person in the whole wide world is ME", and treat others with a disregard that is terribly sad. They miss out on so much. | |
| | | Vanesa Ingalls Friend for Life
Number of posts : 5136 Location : Buenos Aires, Argentina Mood :
| Subject: Re: The things you hear at the store..... Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:40 pm | |
| I think that parents are loosing authority in front of children. You don't need to shout at your children in public, but some kind of punishement is due if they don't behave. I have the whole impression of children ruling in home inestead of their parents. A good discipline prevents to have to use violence in your daughters and son, but this discipline MUST exist and couldn't be negociated. Just a tought... :think: Vanesa. | |
| | | flatbroke Man of Constant Sorrow
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| Subject: Re: The things you hear at the store..... Thu Feb 14, 2008 12:44 am | |
| I've never had this problem. My children are older now, but they know better than to pull a fit in a store, cuz they learned it when they were younger. There's too many children growing up to get in trouble, and I think a lot of it has to do with parents being complacent, or letting them get by with it just so they're not labeled bad parents. I'll take that chance before I see my kid grow up and end up in jail. | |
| | | Misti Red Hummingbird
Number of posts : 4112 Location : Texas Mood :
| Subject: Re: The things you hear at the store..... Thu Feb 14, 2008 12:52 am | |
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| | | flatbroke Man of Constant Sorrow
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| Subject: Re: The things you hear at the store..... Thu Feb 14, 2008 1:01 am | |
| - Misti wrote:
- And a bunch of these parents think all of that behavior is "cute" when the kids are younger but then are at their wits end when the kids are older & act that way. Maybe if they would have curbed it early, it wouldn't have happened.
Several years back we were in HEB and there was a child about 3 in a basket saying the "F" word over and over. The parents did nothing at all about it and I wanted to slap the parents. Of course, the child probably learned it from them! Of course they did. I've said a lot of bad things that ended up coming out of my kid's mouth, and I told them not to say those words, and apologized for saying them in front of them, but I didn't give them a license to say them again. I was at Wal-Mart once, looking at canned goods, and some kid came up behind me and said "My mommy wants to look here so get the f*** out of my mommy's way." I told this fine young gentleman that he was supposed to respect his elders, and if he talked to me like that again, I'd take his little head and shove it in a can of spaghettios. His mother was there the whole time and didn't say a word. I could tell she wished she could say that, but was afraid to. I'll be danged if I'll be afraid of one of my own children. | |
| | | Misti Red Hummingbird
Number of posts : 4112 Location : Texas Mood :
| Subject: Re: The things you hear at the store..... Thu Feb 14, 2008 1:06 am | |
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| | | flatbroke Man of Constant Sorrow
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| | | | Rob Nip it in the bud!
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| Subject: Re: The things you hear at the store..... Thu Feb 14, 2008 8:19 am | |
| I don't usually look like this. I'd just had a makeover. | |
| | | Amy Somewhere in Time
Number of posts : 13417 Location : Michigan Mood :
| Subject: Re: The things you hear at the store..... Thu Feb 14, 2008 9:28 am | |
| Rob...you're hawt. But Larry's hawter. Oh, don't even get me started on parents these days. It's unreal...people are just clueless and I truly fear for the next generation. I agree with everything you've all said. Parents are trying to be 'friends' with their kids, rather than parents. And also, with the divorce rate rising, more parents are over-indulging their kids with 'stuff', and overcompensating for their absence by 'looking the other way', when they need to discipline. They don't want to be the 'bad parent'. And let's face it...those of us who have kids know that it's easier to look the other way. But who ever said parenting was easy? I remember when my son was 2 1/2 (my boys were at their absolute worst at that age), and having a cart-load of groceries, and threatening to leave the store if he didn't quit with his tantrum throwing because he wanted something. We ended up leaving, and it wasn't exactly 'fun'. But as he got older, he knew when I threatened something, I followed through with it...I don't make empty threats, and I believe that's the problem with parents now. They make threats, they don't follow through, and there's absolutely no consistency. And THEN, the poor kindergarten teachers are the ones stuck with the little monsters once they hit school age! “Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.”
~Mother Teresa | |
| | | pamh36 Ingalls Friend for Life
Number of posts : 5900 Location : Michigan
| Subject: Re: The things you hear at the store..... Thu Feb 14, 2008 9:57 am | |
| - Lily wrote:
- They're no parental guidelines at home, parents using profanity in front of their kids which I have heard many times in the stores and on the streets. Unfortunately, it will pass down from generation to generation. It's a real shame!!!
That's a big part of the problem. Sometimes kids grow up without any kind of discipline or guidelines. Or the role models that they do have are inadequate. As with the example you gave of parents swearing in front of their kids. Sometimes the real problem is that parents enable their kids to act this way. | |
| | | ChristinaAL Little House Lady
Number of posts : 2761
| Subject: Re: The things you hear at the store..... Sat Feb 16, 2008 9:05 pm | |
| - flatbroke wrote:
- Misti wrote:
- And a bunch of these parents think all of that behavior is "cute" when the kids are younger but then are at their wits end when the kids are older & act that way. Maybe if they would have curbed it early, it wouldn't have happened.
Several years back we were in HEB and there was a child about 3 in a basket saying the "F" word over and over. The parents did nothing at all about it and I wanted to slap the parents. Of course, the child probably learned it from them! Of course they did. I've said a lot of bad things that ended up coming out of my kid's mouth, and I told them not to say those words, and apologized for saying them in front of them, but I didn't give them a license to say them again.
I was at Wal-Mart once, looking at canned goods, and some kid came up behind me and said "My mommy wants to look here so get the f*** out of my mommy's way."
I told this fine young gentleman that he was supposed to respect his elders, and if he talked to me like that again, I'd take his little head and shove it in a can of spaghettios.
His mother was there the whole time and didn't say a word. I could tell she wished she could say that, but was afraid to. I'll be danged if I'll be afraid of one of my own children. Wow - I'm not sure what I would do if I was in a similiar situation - I'm a little shocked just from reading about it (until, of course, I got to the part about you shoving his head into the spaghettios, Larry, then I laughed). It amazes me how kids behave these days - so many parents either don't have want to be bothered or maybe don't have much time to spend with the children and don't bother teaching them and correcting them. It seems that too many to me think "kids will be kids". Well, course kids will be kids. And kids have to learn right from wrong because they don't know any better otherwise. "It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures and to be cheerful and have courage when things go wrong." | |
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