Permissive parents: Curb your brats

A well written piece on CNN today, that needs to be shared.

"Children are wonderful but they are not the center of the universe. The sooner their parents make them understand that, the better off we all will be."

Please share this story with parents of children.
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Already shared on my FB page. I also have the look down, learned it from my own mom (the ex-marine, talk about living in fear!)
Heck I lived in fear of being skinned alive if I even thought about slapping my mother!

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Oh and heaven forbid if the child smacked the adult in the face, and the adult smacked the little offending hand. Some do-gooder would probably call the police and accuse child brutality.

I'm not a parent, but I'm a teacher, and "the look" is a savior.

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I have a sister-in-law who lets my nephews act how ever they please. I walked out of their house one Thanksgiving. I informed her that no child would ever talk to me the way her sons do. They are disrespectful and if that's the way she wants to raise them, so be it, but I won't be at many family getherings if this continues. If I spoke to my uncle the way they spoke to me my uncle would have put my head through a wall and then my mother would have beat the crap out of me...well that's what I imagine would happen in my head, so I never acted or disrespected any adult for fear of the punishment.

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My younger son would cry when I gave him "the look" Grandma taught me well.

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If I did half the crap kids do these days when I was younger (talking back slapping adults) mominator (and RC) would skin me alive.

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OMG. Bactine!

I'm not a parent but I am the eldest sister of a handicapped adult who can often regress to child-like behavior. I also spent my college years (and beyond) working in various stores where children would often be present. I worked for Warner Brother's Store, Gymboree, Hollywood Video, Borders Express, and Disney Store. Like others I had "the look" down pat. Another favorite of mine when a child was running around the store was to say "Red Light". The child would stop running and would stand in place while waiting for me to say "Green Light". And then I would just happen to forget to say "Green Light". Laugh if you must but it did work - every time. We live in a society where we cannot say anything to or about the child of another person. Once while working at Gymboree a child was walking around in a pair of shoes that had not been purchased. I said something to my manager who gave me permission to ask the girl's mother if she planned on purchasing the shoes. When I did the woman dropped all of the clothes she was carrying on the floor, took the shoes off her child, and left. Asking politely left me with a lost sale and a mess to clean up. "Red Light" is better alternative.

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Diva, a potatoe in a sock doesn't leave scars...so I've been told.

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**Writes down what Boobs suggested**

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A popular game was "Quakers Meeting." My father would call that out and we'd all have to be perfectly still and silent. If you moved or made a noise, you were out. The last to speak "won" the Quaker's Meeting. Sometimes he'd say the winner got a nickel but I don't ever remember a payout

My mom called that "Statues".

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